Avery Eisenreich
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If you've upgraded to Windows 10 and would like to revert back to Windows 7, what would be the steps required to accomplish this?
Avery Eisenreich
Avery Eisenreich
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The forum thread discusses the process of downgrading from Windows 10 back to Windows 7. The original poster asks for steps to revert, and a later contributor provides a Microsoft support link. Another participant clarifies that Microsoft only permits downgrades within 31 days of upgrading, indicating that the option to revert may no longer be available if that window has passed. Overall, the discussion highlights the time-sensitive nature of reverting from Windows 10 to Windows 7.
The forum thread discusses the process of downgrading from Windows 10 back to Windows 7. The original poster asks for steps to revert, and a later contributor provides a Microsoft support link. Another participant clarifies that Microsoft only permits downgrades within 31 days of upgrading, indicating that the option to revert may no longer be available if that window has passed. Overall, the discussion highlights the time-sensitive nature of reverting from Windows 10 to Windows 7.
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Hi! Here's a MS link!
Going back to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 - Windows Help -
Going back to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 - Windows Help -
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Hi Avery,
Just adding to Holdum's comment; Microsoft only allows 31 days to perform the W10-->Win7 reversion.
So, if you did your W10 upgrade more than 31 days ago (< March 10), this will not work.
Microsoft did this intentionally to let people try the W10 product out for a few weeks and made an easy reversion tool to let people go back. However, they did not advertise this time limit well, and we W10 Insider Testers (about 5 million of us) lobbied MS hard to do so, but they didn't do a good job here with the dissemination of this vital piece of information.
Just fyi.
If the reversion fails, you can always take it to your local computer repair shop that uses licensed Techs (A+ or better) and pay them to put back to Win7 using recovery tools at their disposal.
Cheers!
<<<BIGBEARJEDI>>>
Just adding to Holdum's comment; Microsoft only allows 31 days to perform the W10-->Win7 reversion.
So, if you did your W10 upgrade more than 31 days ago (< March 10), this will not work. Microsoft did this intentionally to let people try the W10 product out for a few weeks and made an easy reversion tool to let people go back. However, they did not advertise this time limit well, and we W10 Insider Testers (about 5 million of us) lobbied MS hard to do so, but they didn't do a good job here with the dissemination of this vital piece of information. Just fyi.
If the reversion fails, you can always take it to your local computer repair shop that uses licensed Techs (A+ or better) and pay them to put back to Win7 using recovery tools at their disposal.
Cheers!
<<<BIGBEARJEDI>>>
