![]() ![]() ![]() Shame…shame…SHAME on Microsoft for creating Windows 8! It’s looks like it’s for preschoolers with all of those “Blocks”. Will update this guide once Microsoft adds an option to downgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 7. So, if you are running Windows 8 Developer Preview, you can’t downgrade to Windows 7. The Developer Preview build of Windows 8 neither supports upgrade from Windows 7 nor allows downgrade. Scenario 4: You upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8 In this case, you have to use Windows 7 or earlier versions of Windows installation media to format the Windows 8 partition and then install other versions of Windows. Scenario 3: You installed Windows 8 on a computer that didn’t have an operating system ![]() Follow our how to install Windows 7 or Windows 8 from USB flash drive guide to quickly install Windows 7 on your computer. Boot using XP/Vista/Windows 7 installation media, format the Windows 8 partition, and then install your copy of Windows. Scenario 2: You installed Windows 8 after formatting (or deleting) the Windows 7 installationĪs you have installed Windows 8 after formatting the Windows 7 partition, you have to use Windows 7/Vista/XP installation media to remove or uninstall Windows 8. Reboot the PC to see Windows 7 boot entry. Step 6: You have just removed Windows 8 from your PC. Once completed, you will see Format Complete message. Select the File System as NTFS and click Start button to format your Windows 8 drive. To format the drive, open Computer (My Computer), right-click on the Windows 8 drive and click Format. Step 5: As you have installed Windows 8 on a separate partition, you may want to format the partition to reclaim the disk space. Click Save Settings and exit the application. EasyBCD will immediately remove the Windows 8 entry from the boot menu. Step 4: Select the Windows 8 or Windows Developer Preview entry, click Delete button. Here, you can see Windows 8 or Windows Developer Preview entry. Step 3: In the EasyBCD application window, on the left pane, click on the Edit Boot Menu button to see all existing boot menu entries. If you are prompted with User Account Control (UAC) dialog, click Yes. Though we can always use System Configuration Utility to remove this boot entry, we are using the EasyBCD to be on the safe side. We are using this tool to remove the Windows 8 entry from Windows Boot Manager. Download a small free tool named EasyBCD from here and install the application. Step 1: Switch on the PC and boot into Windows 7 desktop. Just follow the simple procedure given below to completely remove Windows 8 from your PC. If you have installed Windows 8 in dual boot Windows 7 on a separate partition by following our dual boot Windows 8 with Windows 7 guide, uninstalling Windows 8 is pretty easy. ![]()
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