Win 10 to Win 8?

david327

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Is there a way i can go from windows 10 to windows 8.1? On windows 10 i keep getting "critical structure error" after the most recent update from windows. Is there a way I can revert to a previous update without loosing all my downloads that I made after that update? I'm not very tech savvy so a detailed walk through would be amazing. Also are there any cons from going from windows 10 back down to 8.1? I can't find a product key on Microsoft's website so idk which websites are scams and where to buy a real genuine product key if i do end up needed to go to windows 8.1. Thanks guys!
 
Solution
Download the media creatioon tool

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/

And create a bootable USB. THen reboot from it and reinstall Windows. Make sure you back up your data.

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If you wanted to go down to 8.1 you would need to re-install. If thats the case why not try to re-install Windows 10 to see if that solves your issue?

Downgrading to a far inferior version of Windows because you're having a system problem is a really bad idea.
 

ac13044

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windows 10 is a bit better apart from you will need to turn off every privacy settings there is as they track your every move like others o/s. get spy bot anti beacon it turns off everything that sends data to Microsoft. i like win 8.1 ni i fresh installed win 10 it is a lot faster and sweet to my liking and games now coming out is going to be direct x 12
 

david327

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Ok something I read was that I need to disable secure boot in my bios and it could solve the problem. I went to my bios on boot options and I found secure boot but it's grayed out where it says enabled so I can't click "disable". Any way how to resolve that problem?

2. How can I reinstall windows 10?