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Can a 32 bit OS run in a 64 bit processor?

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What's the difference between 32 bit OS and 64 bit OS? Can a 32 bit OS run in a 64 bit processor?

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Your question is architecture specific. x64 is essentially an extension to x86 architecture. It supports a 64 bit address space. It provides some new instructions and new registers. You can run 32-bit x86 Windows on an x64 machine. Note that you can…

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