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    Windows 10 rollback to 7?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by QldRtv, Apr 10, 2016.

  1. QldRtv

    QldRtv Notebook Geek

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    I'm visiting friends who have just discovered their home computer has managed to update itself to a nice shiny new install of Windoze10 without them letting it.

    Is there any way to get things back to running windows 7?
     
    QldRtv, Apr 10, 2016
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    Yes. My laptop did not take kindly to Windows 10 (boot time went to 2.5 minutes despite the SSD and I couldn't fix it) so I rolled back to 7. As long as the update happened less than 30 days ago, you can follow Microsoft's instructions and it should roll back relatively easily. If it's more than a month ago, it's more complicated.
     
    Althernai, Apr 11, 2016
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    Yes but if you are out of the 30 day Windows(PUN) your going to have a rough time getting it back if you don't have the Factory Restore Media to restore/reset back to factory install.

    Can be done only if they have the Factory Recovery media to reset it back to Factory Install but if this was self install then they will have to start from Ground Zero and reinstall everything driver and software. Not a fun task.
     
    StormJumper, Apr 12, 2016
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    It literally only happened the day I posted, no idea why but it BSOD'd on me, ended up having to do a system restore..... **** I hate the mental midget who created WIN10
     
    QldRtv, Apr 12, 2016
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    Blame M$ for that.
     
    StormJumper, Apr 13, 2016
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    hmscott Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    hmscott, Apr 13, 2016
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    I feel like a dying breed of sorts, I love starting from scratch, I redo my windows install regularly just "to do it" lol... Anytime a friends computer is running slow, instead of digging around trying to remove viruses/fix registry etc, I just recommend a clean install. Maybe it's just the way I've always done things, but I always personally felt it was better to go this route. Only takes a couple hours at most to fresh install, put a few drivers, updates, and apps, and then you know you are 100% solid. But like I said, maybe it's just me and being stuck in my ways
     
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    Thats the first thing I did when I got the box up and running again
    I've taken to doing this, keep things on the main HDD at a minimum, everything else gets stored on secondary HDD's, easy to recover from any major issues that way
     
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    the best way is to use the factor restore disk if they still have them
     
    toughasnails, Apr 15, 2016
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    The computer that had the Windoze10 problem had a recovery partition
     
    QldRtv, Apr 15, 2016
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    I do the same, but once I have a new version installed I make a system image. Don't you?
     
    SL2, Apr 15, 2016
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