no it will not step on the existing drivers/installation, it forces a side by side install instead, so both the 32 bit and the 64 bit are installed and available for whatever processes you need;
i typically run 64 bit linked servers, but 32 bit ssis packages for example.
both run with no problems now that i have the 64 bit drivers installed as well.
Lowell
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