Windows 10: Windows 8.1 recovery

Discus and support Windows 8.1 recovery in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; My laptop was came with Windows 8.1 home version. Because of some technical issue i upgraded it to Windows 10. Unfortunately the recovery drive for... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Khanjan Patel, Feb 4, 2022.

  1. KHANJAN PATEL
    Khanjan Patel Win User

    Windows 8.1 recovery


    My laptop was came with Windows 8.1 home version. Because of some technical issue i upgraded it to Windows 10. Unfortunately the recovery drive for Windows 8.1 was deleted accidentally witch i don't know. Now my Windows 10 is showing i have to activate it. I couldn't find my previous Windows 8.1 backup. I am not able to downgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 8.1. How can i retrieve product key?

    :)
     
    Khanjan Patel, Feb 4, 2022
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  2. MONK.E83
    Monk.e83 Win User

    Unlocked Realtek HD Audio Drivers Windows 7 & 8 (With Dolby Digital Live and DTS Interactive)

    DTS supported natively by Windows 8/8.1 and it should work on windows 10 too just DDL require to unlock your driver .
     
    Monk.e83, Feb 4, 2022
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  3. HELLRAZOR
    hellrazor Win User
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    Bull fucking shit.
     
    hellrazor, Feb 4, 2022
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  4. TOPGUNDCP
    topgundcp Win User

    Windows 8.1 recovery

    How does Windows boot to advanced recovery option e.g. command prompt?

    - that gives me a 454 'Unexpected error' This tells me that the BCD is partially corrupted.

    The commands: shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00
    or: %SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c reagentc /boottore&shutdown /r /f /t 00
    should boot into Recovery if everything is configured correctly.
    FYI, If Windows is configured correctly:
    1. If Reagentc is disabled, you still can get into Recovery but with limited options.
    2. If Reagentc is enabled, you'll get all options.
    3. If you boot Windows using Recovery USB stick, You'll get into Recovery with couple of options missing.

    Here's my suggestion if you want to try:
    OPTION 1: Will save the trouble of re-install Windows.

    1. Download the image of my first 3 partitions (450MB Recovery, 100 MB EFI partition, and 16MB unformatted primary)
      EFI_Boot-00-00.7z - Google Drive
    2. Run Macrium and restore the image from step 1, overwriting your existing 1st three partitions, leaving C alone.
    3. Delete the 490MB Recovery partition.
    4. From Macrium, run fix boot problems.
    5. Reboot. Open Admin command prompt then run Reagentc /info to make sure that it is enabled. If not, enable it.
      if failed to enable, reboot and try again.
    OPTION 2: Assuming you've already had Windows backup with Macrium.

    1. Wipe out the first 5 parttiions. (450MB, 100MB, 16MB, C Drive, 480MB)
    2. Fresh install Windows 10
    3. Restore C drive from backup image, run fix boot problems
    4. repeat step 5 from OPTION 1 above.
     
    topgundcp, Feb 4, 2022
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