Installing and upgrading Reason 5 on Win 7

[neocortex]

Hello, a quick question (already searched but haven't been able to find an answer). Apologies if you also saw this post on the PH forum - I'm cross-posting since that forum appears to be dead.

I bought Reason 5 a few years ago, but never installed it. I now have a new Lenovo E540 running Win 7 Professional, as well as the Reason 7 upgrade, both of which I would like to install on the new machine.

My question is: When I first install Reason 5, should I

a) install it in 32-bit mode, after which I install the R7 upgrade? Or,
b) should I just install it as a default 64-bit app and then apply the Reason 7 upgrade?

I suspect the answer is b) since the upgrade will overwrite the original code anyway, but thought I would check before I embark on a path I can't unwind.

Thanks!

[phasys]

You don't need to install it at all, you can just install 7 and install the soundbanks.

[neocortex]

thanks. however, since I have an upgrade, not the full R7 package, don't I need to install R5 first? Or are you saying, just plug in the dongle I got with R5 and jump straight to installing the R7 upgrade?

[tiker01]

You don`t need the R5 installer.

Install R7 in normal mode (64 bit if you Win7 is x64). If you don`t have the soundbanks or installer of R7 you can get it from PH website,

Register R7 at PH website. If you haven`t registered R5 you may have to register that first then the upgrade to R7.

Authorize your laptop and dongle.

[neocortex]

got it. thanks!