32 64 installation quandary

I have an AMD 64 X2 3800+ with 32 bit Win XP Media Center Editiion installed. I downloaded Vista 64 and burned the ISO, but when I attempted to install from the ISO DVD I got an error message that it was not a System 32, so nothing happens. What's a guy to do?

Vista Beta x64 is a 64-bit operating system, consequently using a 64-bit installer. Windows XP (okay, with the exception of XP 64 Pro) is a 32-bit operating system and simply cannot handle a 64-bit application. You must install x64 by booting from the dvd you made. This of course will overwrite you existing operating system. Please, for your own sanity, read Andre's instructions and tips before you go any further:
http://windowsconnected.com/blogs/andre/archive/2006/06/14/3002.aspx
"SoloSEO" wrote:

I have an AMD 64 X2 3800+ with 32 bit Win XP Media Center Editiion installed. I downloaded Vista 64 and burned the ISO, but when I attempted to install from the ISO DVD I got an error message that it was not a System 32, so nothing happens. What's a guy to do?

Your system is running a 32bit. Therefore you should not have installed the Windows Vista x64. You should install Windows Vista x86, also known as Windows Vista 32-bit.
"SoloSEO" wrote:

I have an AMD 64 X2 3800+ with 32 bit Win XP Media Center Editiion installed. I downloaded Vista 64 and burned the ISO, but when I attempted to install from the ISO DVD I got an error message that it was not a System 32, so nothing happens. What's a guy to do?

I disagree. Why not test the x64 if he wants to?
"ahmad0410" wrote:

Your system is running a 32bit. Therefore you should not have installed the Windows Vista x64. You should install Windows Vista x86, also known as Windows Vista 32-bit.

Mark D. VandenBerg wrote:

I disagree. Why not test the x64 if he wants to?

Indeed. SoloSEO has a 64-bit CPU so he can install the x64 Edition of Vista if he likes to.
=- Brian Dickens, the Netherlands

Agreed, I have tried both, my only observation is that there appears to be less driver support for 64bit...
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"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

I disagree. Why not test the x64 if he wants to?
"ahmad0410" wrote:
Your system is running a 32bit. Therefore you should not have installed the Windows Vista x64. You should install Windows Vista x86, also known as Windows Vista 32-bit.