Windows 10: Reverting back to 8.1...

Discus and support Reverting back to 8.1... in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I "upgraded" to Win 10 using Windows Update. However, given the problems I'm experiencing - Skype won't even connect - I think I'm going to revert... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by LotsofErrors, Jul 30, 2015.

  1. Reverting back to 8.1...


    I "upgraded" to Win 10 using Windows Update.

    However, given the problems I'm experiencing - Skype won't even connect - I think I'm going to revert to 8.1.

    My question is...what happens then? Can I use WU to update to 10 again? And if that failed to work out again, can I revert again?

    :)
     
    LotsofErrors, Jul 30, 2015
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  2. Bruce Hagen, Jul 30, 2015
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  3. Revert back to 8.1

    The only alternative then is to do a clean Install or recover Windows 8.1 from an Image if one exists.

    I can provide you steps for that if you wish.
     
    Sumit Dhiman2, Jul 30, 2015
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Reverting back to 8.1...

    Hello LotsofErros,

    When you go back to Windows 8.1...

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...s-windows.html

    .... you will be able to do a clean install of Windows 10 on the PC anytime you like afterwards since you had upgraded to Windows 10 on your activated 8.1 PC to register the free Windows 10 activation on the PC.

    Can I reinstall Windows 10 on my computer after upgrading with free upgrade?

    Once you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 using the USB drive or DVD, and use that to upgrade your device or reinstall after you’ve upgraded.
     
    Brink, Jul 30, 2015
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  5. Well, officially panicking. The Settings panel keeps freezing for me. I can't revert.
     
    LotsofErrors, Jul 30, 2015
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    Brink New Member
    Brink, Jul 30, 2015
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  7. Hi Shawn, managed to access the Option 1 menu,

    However, on the "go back to previous build" screen, it's stayed there, with "Restarting", for over 10 min now. Is this normal? I haven't received the "restoring" screen at all
     
    LotsofErrors, Jul 30, 2015
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  8. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Reverting back to 8.1...

    As long as you have hard drive activity, it's best to let it sit to see if it may continue and finish.
     
    Brink, Jul 30, 2015
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  9. Over an hour in now...no Restoring screen yet
     
    LotsofErrors, Jul 30, 2015
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  10. Still on this same screen??
     
    LotsofErrors, Jul 30, 2015
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    Brink New Member
    It looks like you may need to clean install instead then. *Sad
     
    Brink, Jul 30, 2015
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  12. Update:

    After the screen sat there on "Restarting" for more than 12 hours, I had no choice but to turn my laptop off.

    After turning my laptop on again, the "Restoring" screen appeared. In a few minutes, Windows 8.1 was back, everything in order.

    Chrome did not work, I got some strange administrator error, but I re-installed it and everything is hunky-dory.

    Skype works (did not work on Win 10), there is no freezing, and I am back to normal as it were.

    Windows 10 still appears in my Windows Update. I think I'm going to stick with 8.1 for quite some time now. It seems to be working out. I wish 10 worked out too.
     
    LotsofErrors, Apr 4, 2018
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