Dear Sir,
I have windows 8.1 with product key. I want to downgrade it with windows 7 32 bit.
Pls help.
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Dear Sir,
I have windows 8.1 with product key. I want to downgrade it with windows 7 32 bit.
Pls help.
see this, original posted by Rick Dee
A lot of Windows 8 system were configured with Secure Boot and EFI. Windows 7 will not install with Secure Boot enabled. Secure Boot must be turned off. You also need to check the system manufacturer's support website for Windows 7 drivers. Many system build for Windows 8 do not have Windows 7 system and hardware drivers because the manufacturers were targeting Windows 8 and didn't worry about Windows 7.
The best place to find the appropriate information about your system is in the manufacturers Support forums. Or look for a separate forum on the internet dealing with your brand of system and doing as you are trying to do.
I also suggest you to check with PC manufactured. You can downgrade, but we not 100% sure can, its depend on your HW configuration
see this, original posted by Rick Dee
A lot of Windows 8 system were configured with Secure Boot and EFI. Windows 7 will not install with Secure Boot enabled. Secure Boot must be turned off. You also need to check the system manufacturer's support website for Windows 7 drivers. Many system build for Windows 8 do not have Windows 7 system and hardware drivers because the manufacturers were targeting Windows 8 and didn't worry about Windows 7.
The best place to find the appropriate information about your system is in the manufacturers Support forums. Or look for a separate forum on the internet dealing with your brand of system and doing as you are trying to do.
I also suggest you to check with PC manufactured. You can downgrade, but we not 100% sure can, its depend on your HW configuration
Hi,
To downgrade to Windows 7 from Windows 8.1, you need to make clean install. However, if you doesn't have Windows 7 product key, you would encounter system activation problem.