Windows 10: can I go back to 8 or did upgrading to 10 kill my 8 key?

also can I do it from my hard drive like with 10 or does 8 need something external I forget

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Can I go back to my original Windows 8, if I install Windows 10 and then discover that I do not like it?

Hello,

Thank you for helpful response.

Teresa

 

Can I go back to my original Windows 8, if I install Windows 10 and then discover that I do not like it?

* Original Title: Windows 10 vs Windows 8

If I install Windows 10 and then discover that I do not like it, can I go back to my original Windows 8?

 

I'd look it up myself but both bing and google tell me this the official microsoft windows 10 forums when it clearly isn't and that's just how things go for me when I search the internet I'll never find it out looking on my own lol

 

Microsoft isn't mentioned in the title banner, only Windows 10 Forums, pretty much self-explanatory. If searching for something the results received will be totally dependent upon the terms/words used.

Most forums are visited by and questions answered by Volunteers who offer to help those asking.

Computers Upgraded from Win8.1 or Win7 w/SP1 under the free program that ended last July can be factory reset but it depends upon one of two things, the first being if the factory restore partition is still intact on the HDD and the other is if the included software of the original install was used to create the disc for the factory restore. The Product Key is still valid.

 

8's long gone from my drive but I got to 10 without anything external and I am pretty sure I installed the windows 8 iso by just mounting it in windows, but I'm not sure if specifically going from 10 back to 8 is gonna make it seem like that works until halfway through then mess up and everything ends up lost

what's cheaper nowadays an external cd drive or a usb drive I still have the 8 cd's but I can't really afford either right now although I could just switch to linux I know that's possible I might just do that I'm over what microsoft's become anyway I almost want a mac at this point lol but if I can go to 8 from 10 I'll see if 8's still worth using if it still works as good as it did I'd much rather have 8 than linux but 10 has gotta go lol




jsyk I searched official windows 10 forums and as many variants I could think of for it I wish what you said was true it's never dependant on what I type for me it specifically finds the wrong stuff on purpose lol

 

I get my External DVD burner drives for less than $50USD. A 16GB USB Thumb/Flash drive can be had on sale by shopping around for between $10 and $20USD, 8GB maybe even less.

 

yeah ubuntu is $0 it wins lol I'll just use 10 for gaming and ubuntu for real computer stuff I'd probably be wasting my time going back to 8 honestly I just figured if it was easy I'd give it a shot but bleh 10's left such a bad taste in my mouth I'd rather just move on from microsoft here's hoping linux gets directx12 cheers m8 tips fedora

 

Ubuntu is good, I use Linux Mint 17.3 on a Desktop and Linux Mint 18 on a Notebook I resurrected. A good program for Windows, Linux and macOS [formerly Mac OS X] is LibreOffice, cross-platform and can work with Microsoft Office and the discontinued Microsoft Works files and a number of others including WordPerfect. Firefox came with my versions.

 

hey I noticed they got rid of the ubuntu windows installer does any distro have one of those? my sister let me borrow her usb thumb drive but of course it's physically broken lol thanks bro fantastic

I know it's been two weeks but I barely touch my pc I can't even put into text how much I hate windows 10 I am physically my health gets worse while using it I sincerely can't take it lol it makes my chest hurt really bad and I forget if I mentioned this but, literally, zero, problems, with, vista, 8 performance wise was insane and I had four fully customizable start menus but after watching everything "live" go poop over the years and now 10 I want out so badddddddddddddddddddddddd pleeeeeeeeaaaassssseeeeeee tell me there's a way to get linux dual booted on here through windows and please tell me dx12 will come out on linux so I can fully be away from micriosfot thanks

 

May I ask why you`d want to go back to 8 ?

10 is much better *Smile

If you want linux try Zorin.

Download - Zorin OS

 

The cost to install Windows 8, Windows 10, and Linux is exactly the same (since you have the Windows 8 product key). It's about $7, unless you already have one of these laying around:

Office Depot

 

If you need it, there's a Media Creation Tool for 8.1...
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 ISO - Download or Create

 

I meant something like this Wubi - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com it installs linux through windows and if it messes up windows isn't affected I have no idea why they stopped this it worked great

 

man I really really really hate windows 10 I know it's only been a day but bump because I just had to actually computer thankfully only for five minutes but I literally almost vomited I sincerely cannot deal with windows 10 and please remember vista was 100% fine for me as was 7 and 8 and of course earlier I knew for several years msoft was done with how bad the live stuff was getting now 10 I just gotta get away from it if there's no more wubi thing for any type of linux at all I'll buy a usb drive but the ubuntu one worked flawlessly there has to be some distro of linux that realizes a lot of people aren't ever going to bother using linux without it