Windows 10: CAN I GO BACK ??? Please

Hello from your newest member *Sick
I really was not looking to join another forum BUT here I am, A total NUB & about to junk what was a perfectly Desk Top !

Long story short is I updated a Win 8 DTop to Win 10 yesterday morning & have not been able to use it sence. EVERY time I boot up in will take twice as long as 8 did With some freezing evedent. Once up, if I sign in or not, If I am using it or not, all seems well for about 2 Mins. THEN my screen goes blank. The DT is still sending some kind of signal to the montior because it does not go to sleep. All I know to do at that point is a hard restart. I've done this over 10 times & do not have enough time to try & fix anything even if I knew how.

CAN I GO BACK TO WIN 8 ??? Please tell me I can.. I'll just count the 5 to 6 hours wasted at this point to being a dumb a**
I'm at a total loss as to any options if I can not see a sceen *Mad

PS: where the heck is spell check in here ???*Confused

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If i go back to windows 8.1 can i go back to windows 10?

Hello Wakiza,

Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community and providing us with the detailed description about the issue.

As per the description, I understand that you want to know if you go back to Windows 8.1, will you be able to again upgrade to Windows 10 in the system.

I certainly understand your concern and will try my best to help you.

I would suggest you to refer to the suggestions provided by
“Andre Da Costa” replied on July 22, 2015 in the following Microsoft Community link.

Revert back to Windows 8.1 from Windows 10

Revert back to Windows 8.1 from Windows 10

Yes, you can upgrade back to Windows 10 once you revert back to Windows 8.1 in the system.

To download Windows 10, I would suggest you to refer to the article given below and check if that helps.

Download Windows 10



Download Windows 10

If you wish to perform a clean installation of Windows 10, I would suggest you to refer to the suggestions provided by
“Andre Da Costa” replied on January 27, 2015 in the following Microsoft Community link.

How to: Do a clean install of Windows 10

How to: Perform a Clean Install or Reinstall of Windows 10

The above steps holds good for Windows 10 as well.

For more Information:

I would suggest you to refer to the suggestions provided by
“Andre Da Costa” replied on January 22, 2015 in the following Microsoft Community link.

Frequently Asked Questions: Windows 10

Frequently Asked Questions: Windows 10

I hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

If i go back to windows 8.1 can i go back to windows 10?

Hello,

　

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

　

We are researching on the issue; will update the post soon.

　

Thanks,

 

Windows 10 - Go Back to Previous Windows - Windows 10 Forums

 

After reading the tutorial I don't think my screen will be viewable long enough for me to get though it all PLUS I'm a more than a little concerned about not knowing/seeing anything for hours ( don't know that I have a option though) . Do I need to be on linefor this to work ?? Thanks Again for any help.

 

You don't need to be online. At the login screen, lower right corner, click the power icon, then hold down shift while you click restart. That will get you into troubleshooting options when it restarts.

 

Looks like you're having problems with GPU drivers, would you consider doing clean install of W10 ?
Knowing about most important parts of your machine would be helpful.
Processor, motherboard and graphic card for instance.

 

NO, I'll just count the 5 to 6 hours wasted at this point to being a dumb a**

Not that I don't like you guys over here BUT I'm not looking for a 3rd job !! I am most deffentally not savy enough to run Win 10. I will be a happy camper if I can get back to 8..
As I type, The afore mentioned DT is in troubble shooting mode trying to get back to 8. It have well passed the 2 min mark & the sreen is still up *Party*Party*Party. At the top of screen is " GO BACK TO PREVIOUS BUILD" & to the left below that, spinning cricle Restarting . It's been doing this for over 15 min now ! It that what's supposed to happen ???
THANKS AGAIN for any help to get the box up again

 

It's best to wait until it's finished.

If it keeps on doing this after another 30 minutes at most, then do a hard shutdown and restart the computer to see if it'll pick up where it left off.

 

After just rereading Option 1 in the Tutorial "go back to pre build" a screen/step seems like it was missing & what is going on right now is not correct ??

 

THANKS Brink, I'll set a timmer now for 30 min...

 

The option seem to vary slightly from the Tut option 1 BUT I got through all the steps EXCEPT the last one, where the Tut shows the screen should be at RESTORING mine says Restarting ????*Eek

 

The reason everything goes longer when downgrading is that it has to save everything first, than to change system which means as much erasing as writing and after return everything in it's previous place.
It should restart couple of times to do that.

 

After an extra 40Mins, I just did a hard restart ( PC for crash !!) during the reboot I got a BLIP then Black screen *Eek BUT a short while later the sreen says "Restoring your previous version of Windows" *Party*Party*Party*Party*Party*Party*Party*Party*Party*Party*Party

THANKS to all & with any luck to all a good night !

 

I'm not sure I'd consider 8 a downgrade *chuckle*chuckle