Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 64 bit. How?

Hi
I have a Thinkpad T500 running a Vista 32 bit system. I have 154 days warranty remaining. I missed the free upgrade to Windows 7 by 3 days, if only I had known. I want to upgrade my system to windows 7 64 bit with out voiding my warranty and without losing my preloaded system software. Is this possible and what steps do I need to follow?

A upgrade from 32 to 64 bit is not supported and will not work. You have to make a new installation so you have to reinstall the preloaded software, applications, drivers etc after the installation of Windows. So basically you cannot install a x64 version of Windows on top of your current 32 bit Windows as a upgrade, it will be a new windows installation.
It won't affect your warranty since you are allowed to install whatver OS you want without breaking any warranty.
If you decide to install Windows 7 x64 you can use system update after the windows installation that will automatically download and install the drivers and software you want from Lenovo and will save you a lot of time compared to doing this manually. Sometimes system update don't download some drivers/lenovo software, but most should be installed fine using system update. Then you might have to get a few of them manually.
-gan

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