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BMR Device & Drivers Architecture Question

Michael_Fisher
Level 4

When trying to configure a BMR from old Windows OS hardware to Windows OS new hardware, I run into this issue. In the Device & Driver config, the displayed architecture is x86. The new hardware is AMD64. While I have both sets of drivers in the "Packages", only x86 drivers are displayed. How do I get the AMD64 drivers displayed?
Thanks
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TROE
Level 4
Driver architecture (x86 vs AMD64) needs to match the OS architecture (i.e. x86 = 32-bit, AMD64 = 64-bit).  You can't change the OS (i.e. from 32-bit to 64-bit, or from Server 2003 to Server 2008, or from Standard to Enterprise) when doing a BMR (or, for that matter, when doing a full system restore over the top of an existing install).

Hardware doesn't matter in this case - all AMD64 hardware supports x86 mode.  You can install either a 32-bit OS or a 64-bit OS on AMD64 hardware, and the drivers will be x86 or AMD64 to match.