L455D-S5976 Reformat to 64 bit

I recently bought a new Toshiba laptop, so I am reformatting my L455D to give to my moher in law. I upgraded the ram last year to the max 8 gig, but because I was running 32 bit, it could not use it all. I am using my sys recovery discs to do a full reset, but I am not finding where I can have the option of installing a 64 bit version. Is there a way I can move up to the 64 bit so it will use all of the ram installed?

I repied elsewhere. Here it is again.
Satellite L455D-S5976
Downloads here.
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32-bit Windows supports 4 of your 8 GB. Our computers here with several Office 2010 applications running rarely require more than 2 GB and never approach 3 GB.
I feel certain your mother-in-law will do very nicely with 4 GB.
-Jerry

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