Windows 10: Not getting the option to go back to Windows 8.1

Here's a screenshot of how the recovery option looks, please help.

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"Go back to Windows 8.1" option is not shown

If you performed a custom install and not an in place upgrade from Windows 8.1, the option will not be available:

you can initiate a Rollback using the following method:





Log out and go to the sign in screen.

Hold down the shift key on your keyboard while clicking the Power button on the screen

Continue to hold down the shift key while clicking Restart

Continue to hold down the shift key until the Advanced Recovery Options menu appears





Click Troubleshoot





Click Advanced options





Click Go back to the previous version of Windows

If its not available, your best option is to reinstall from scratch:

How
to: Reinstall or Restore your original Windows installation after evaluating the Windows 10

 

"Go back to Windows 8.1" option is not shown

Thanks Andre

I followed your instructions and got to the point where I clicked on "Go Back to the previous build" and entered my admin password as requested. It then went to "Restarting...". I left it for over an hour without any change, so then rather despaired and
shut down the PC. On booting it said "Restoring from previous version of Windows" so I was hopeful. I left it for about 30 minutes and it had rebooted into Windows 8.1 with no harm done as far as I can see.

Thanks for your help. By the way I had done an "in place upgrade" (as far as I know). I shall not upgrade the same PC to W10 again, even though I have successfully upgrade three others I look after!

Peter

 

Hey Marvin, welcome to tenforums.com ! *Smile

Did you clean install or was it an upgrade?

 

Hey, it was a clean install. I had the option before to do that and now once I took the PC to get It repaired I got it back with Windows 10 and the option to go back to windows 8.1 was gone. So the guy who repaired my PC must have removed Windows 8.1 I took it to the Best buy geek squad place, not really sure if he repaired my PC or ****ed it up.

 

Yeah, a clean install will do that.

With an upgrade you will see:





... a clean install will show:

 

Ah, so I cannot go back to Windows 8.1? when I tried going to trouble shoot with advanced startup, clicked go back to earlier build it said no earlier build found.

 

Probably not.
You most likely will have to download Windows 8.1 iso and perform a clean install with that.
In other words, Start from Scratch! *Sad It's doable though! *Wink

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...-refresh-media

 

Ah okay, thank you so much and also do you know why my fan is really loud when starting up my PC, I don't know once I got it repaired and the fan messed up, when my PC is starting up the fan is soo loud once the PC starts it goes back to normal.

 

Not a good idea to start adding new problems to the same thread. Makes it confusing and hard to provide advice. Please start a new thread for your new problem. And if this thread's problem is fixed now, please mark it as Solved.