Recovery from Windows 8 to 7

I have e-machine EL1352 that originally had Windows 7. It was upgraded to Windows 8. I purchased the recovery cds and today started the process to put Windows 7 back on it. I have followed the instructions to a tee. Just wondering if anyone knows how long this process takes? Right now I am on step 5 (restore progress) and have been for 2 hours. It also has 2 progress bars. Restoring system 100%. Updating System 99%. Is updating system updating from the cd or updating from Microsoft via the internet? First time I have done this.

 

That depends on the hardware and software it has to install. Rather then restore you should've use the recovery cd to reformat and wipe clean and then restore the W7 back onto the system. But if that machine is a low processor system that will take longer and up to a 1 to 2 depending on what it has to install or update. I would disconnect from the internet so it can do it's install and then later after it finish do a windows update for the rest of the updates after you connect it back to the internet.

 

Thanks StormJumper. After I returned home from work, it was still at 99%. I shut it down, and tried again. This time, I chose to rewrite everything (not saving files). Worked great. Updates were a problem. Ran Microsoft's "Windows Update Readiness Tool" and was able to get everything updataed. Thank you again for responding. This was the first time I ever went from a higher OS to a lower OS, and was not sure what to expect. Turned out it was no difference than going the other way.