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    Downgrading OEM Win 8 to Win 7

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by vinuneuro, Sep 21, 2013.

  1. vinuneuro

    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you get a Thinkpad with Win 8 Pro, it's supposed to be eligible for downgrade to Win 7. If you do so, can you still return to Win 8 later?
     
    vinuneuro, Sep 21, 2013
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  2. ajkula66

    ajkula66 Courage and Consequence

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    The answer is "yes to all" presuming:

    a) You get a Professional version or above, since they are the ones that are eligible for a downgrade

    b) The code for the downgrade is not used on another machine once the W7 is wiped from the ThinkPad in question and it's reverted to W8.
     
    ajkula66, Sep 21, 2013
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  3. Jobine

    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    Jobine, Sep 21, 2013
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  4. Jarhead

    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

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    Well, that doesn't really answer OP's question...

    Anyway, as per Microsoft, ajkula's answer is spot-on.
     
    Jarhead, Sep 22, 2013
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  5. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    It might not hurt to make the recovery discs first and test them. Unlike Windows 7, I've not seen many Windows 8 discs floating around.
     
    ZaZ, Sep 23, 2013
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