I have an acer desktop that came with windows 8.1 that I upgraded to windows 10, I want to restore windows 8.1 but windows 10 won't let me use my USB recovery I made when I still had windows 8.1, I boot from the drive, but all's I get is a language and keyboard layout questions. Then my options become Continue (Exit and Continue to Windows 10), Use a device, Troubleshoot, and Turn off your PC. I got to advance settings to select USB but all's that does is cause a 2 sec pause than a reboot. I really want 8.1 as it gave a smoother experience than 10.
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USB recovery not working.
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A recovery USB stick may not be the same as a complete installation on media which is what you need. In other words you are not trying to recover 8.1 because it does not exist anymore. You will need to do a clean installation of 8.1 to get it back
captaincharisma
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you may need to enter acer's recovery mode first to use the USB stick. there should be a key you press when starting up your computer to get into it
captaincharisma
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do you remember what program you used to make that USB recovery? was it one of acer's recovery programs or did you have to go into windows 8 settings to make it?
captaincharisma
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did you check to see if it mentions anything about the windows licence in the BIOS? if it does then you can install a fresh copy of windows 8 using MS media creation tool if all else fails
captaincharisma
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you don't need to do that anymore since the free upgrade has been over for close to 3 years now. that program is probably some sort of malware anyway
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-update/windows-10-installed-without-permission-now-my/12fdcb47-ff41-46ad-ac5b-fecdcfe09e45?auth=1
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