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    Windows 8 back to Windows 7 help?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by arcticreaver, Jul 1, 2013.

  1. arcticreaver

    arcticreaver Notebook Consultant

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    So I installed windows 8 on my HP laptop. Now I want to revert back to windows 7. If I do system recovery and select option to go back to factory defaults (erase all personal files), will I get windows 7 back?
     
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    If the system came with win7 and you use the HP recovery partition then yes you should go back to windows 7.
     
    TANWare, Jul 1, 2013
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