How to uninstall Windows 10 and go back to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1

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Windows 10 Se encuentra disponible en el mercado desde el pasado 29 de julio y aún cuando está teniendo una gran acogida en el mercado, habiendo ya instalado en más de 50 millones de dispositivos según cifras no oficiales, puede haber algún Username que no esté del todo satisfecho con la novedad. Sistema operativo de Microsoft. Entre estas razones puede estar la falta de algunos controladores que hacen que el nuevo software be muy difícil de utilizar o la falta de adaptación al nuevo entorno del sistema operativo.

If your wish is to go back to Windows 8.1 or Windows 7, las dos versiones de Windows desde las que puedes actualizar a Windows 10 de forma gratuita, el procedimiento no es demasiado complicado, y en este post te vamos a mostrar cómo conseguirlo de forma rápida, sencilla y con problemas inadvertidos.

First method: uninstall Windows 10 from settings

Microsoft knows that Windows 10, even though it firmly believes that it is the best Windows in history, may not like some user and that is why it decided make it extremely easy for us to revert to the previous version of Windows from which we have jumped to the latest software from the Redmond company.

First of all, it is essential to say that this method only works for all those who have upgraded to Windows 10 and not for those who have performed a "clean install" of Windows 10.

To return to Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 you must follow the following steps:

• Open System Settings. To do this you must go to Start and click on the option Setting
• Access the Update and security section. Within it we must go to Recovery

• In the event that we have upgraded to Windows 10 from a previous version of the operating system (Windows 7 or Windows 8.1) we should see an option whose title will be Return to Windows 8.1 / 7
• Click on the start button" to quit Windows 10 and go back to your previous operating system
• Before the procedure begins, Microsoft will ask us why we intend to abandon Windows 10 and will also give us several warnings.

• The Redmond-based company will also remind us how great it can be to have a backup of all of our data in case something goes wrong.
• Finally, we must click on the button Return to Windows 8.1 / 7 and get comfortable to wait for the device to do the necessary work. This procedure can take from a few minutes to several hours, depending on the configuration of each device.

How long is this method available?

Luckily or rather unfortunately this method is only available for 30 days after the update date to Windows 10, so if after those 30 days you regret having switched to the new Microsoft operating system, you will no longer be able to go back to your previous version with this simple method.

After this date, all the files (about 20 GB) that facilitate this return will be deleted from your hard drive, so it will be absolutely irreversible no matter how much you look for a way to make this method work 30 days after the update.

Second method: install Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 cleanly

The second method and also the most complicated option to return from Windows 10 to Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 is to perform a clean installation. This method should be used in the event that the first one is not available or we have installed the new Microsoft operating system through a different procedure than the update procedure, since in that case it will not give us the opportunity to go back after a path . . automatic restoration.

Before embarking on the adventure of installing Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 we must carry out some preliminary steps that we explain below:

Make a backup

Before making the leap, backwards, from Windows 10 to a previous operating system, we must make a backup copy of all the files on our device. It is feasible that you have the option to do it before installing the new operating system, so you should assess whether it is necessary to do it again or not.

To make this backup you must go to Settings and then access the Update and security option. Allí hallaremos la opción Backup, donde debemos elegir el botón Agregar unidad.

Depending on the operating system to which we want to return, we must pay attention that to make it look like a backup compatible with Windows 7 it will be necessary to do the same procedure that we have already mentioned, but at the end of it choose the option Go to backups and restoration (Windows 7).

Get a DVD or USB drive

One of the points that complicates the clean installation of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 is the get an installation DVD or USB drive for either of these two operating systems. We are definitely talking about a legal copy.

En el caso de que no dispongamos de disco de instalación, desde la Web de Microsoft podemos descargar los archivos de instalación necesarios, de forma absolutamente legal. Puede entrar a la página de descarga de Microsoft desde este Link.

Once we access the page we must download the version of Windows that we need, even though it is essential to pay attention that with Windows 7 Microsoft will require a valid product key. You can use the one you already had from your computer or make use of another password that you have obtained by other means. We will choose if we want to download the 64 or 32-bit version and now we can only wait for the download to finish.

How do I know if I need to download the 64-bit or 32-bit version?

To understand if we should download the 64 or 32-bit version, it will be enough to enter the Configuration of our device and there we select the System option. Once in this section we must Click on the section titled Regarding and in summary under System Type. There we can know if the version we are using at the moment is 64 or 32 bits.

Once the ISO that we want is downloaded, problems come and we must "burn" that ISO on a DVD for which Microsoft gives us the option directly or save it on USB, something much more convenient.

To be able to select this last option, we must download the next tool with which we will be able to quickly and easily create an installation USB with which to cleanly install the new version of Windows that we have chosen.

If we choose Windows 8.1 as the new turning point, everything will be easier and that is Microsoft does not offer us the ISO of the software but offers us a tool called Media Tool Creator that allows us to directly create a DVD or USB to install this operating system.

We start the installation

If you already have a backup of all the data on your device and at the same time you already have the installation DVD or USB for the operating system you want to install, now is the time to start the installation.

First of all we must insert the DVD or USB into the respective place and reboot the device, making sure that it will start from the drive where we have inserted the new software. If this does not happen, the device will reboot into Windows 10 again without us being able to start the installation.

From this moment on, you must carefully follow all the instructions given by the installation wizard, which does not usually pose any problem for anyone.

Third method: restore operating system settings

The latest Windows 10 uninstall method may be the least known of all, but it's also one of the simplest. We are talking about the option to restore the factory settings of our device, which will allow us to return to the operating system that the device had installed the first time we started it. At the same time, you will regain all the benefits of performance, storage space and many other aspects that the device had the first day we turned it on.

To restore our device we must pay attention that a clean installation of Windows 10 could not have been carried out because we will have Windows 10 again, only with the device absolutely clean and without any problem. If we've upgraded to new Microsoft software from a build preview, this method won't help us either.

To restore your computer you must follow the following steps;

• Go Setting and once there select the option Update and security
• Choose the option Recovery and press the Start button within the Reset this computer section

Now the operating system will show us the option to save the files, remove everything or restore the factory settings. The option to choose is the last one because otherwise the restoration will occur, but we will continue in Windows 10.

Have you managed to uninstall Windows 10 successfully?. If the solution is yes, we would be delighted if you could tell us how you did it and mainly because you decided to abandon Windows 10. You can inform us using the space reserved for comments in this publication or through any of the social networks. networks in which we are present.