May be this question does not belong here, but it would be a great help if anyone could help me in this issue. I need to use BeMicro development board but its driver software does not support Windows 7 64 bit. So I have to install windows 7 32 bit. Since my factory default operating system is windows 7 64bit that came with my acer 5741 laptop, can anyone give me some suggestions how to convert this as 32 bit?
Thanks for your time.
Best Answer
I'd recommend using a virtual machine for development, but this is only feasible if
- you can afford an additional Windows 7 32bit license
- the interface to your development board is supported by the virtual machine (USB, serial port, ...)
If it's possible, this approach has a number of advantages:
- you can easily backup your dev environment
- you can use snapshots to freely experiment in your dev environment
- using several VMs, you can also keep multiple versions of your dev environment around