boinc install problem

ok to make a long story short I @#$% up and destroyed a computer system. it was on a del t550 workstation with a duel boot. I don't have a clue how to fix that system so I got a new hard drive and installed win 7 pro which is what was on it to start with. got windows installed and installed chrome. down loaded boinc and started to install it. i get this message "this installation package is not supported by this processor type. contact your product vender." I have never seen this before, any ideas of what this means. thanks for any help.

I haven't seen that message before.

The Boinc Community Boards have this answer.

"This message appears if you try to install the 64-bit version of BOINC on a machine running the 32-bit version of Windows 7."

(Last 2 posts on this thread.)

https://onboard.berkeley.edu/dev/for...d=12329&sort=7

hmm I was installing that on a newly formatted hd. I have another hd that has been formatted so I will try it on that one. Thanks for the info Ron.

No need to change hard drives.
The bit version of BOINC just needs to match the bit version of Windows.

If you installed a 32-bit version of Windows 7, then you need a 32-bit version of BOINC manager.
Visa versa, if you installed a 64-bit version of Windows 7, you need a 64-bit version of BOINC manager.

BOINC may have had you download a 64-bit version of BOINC manager on their "Install BOINC" page.
If your new Windows 7 Pro install was 32-bit, then that is the problem.

You may either want to reinstall a 64-bit version of Windows or you can select the 32-bit version of BOINC for Windows here:
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php