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How I Downgraded An Old Computer back to Windows 8.1
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- Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2022
- Watch as I take an old family computer running on an outdated version of Windows 10 (Version 1511 to be exact) and downgraded it back to Windows 8.1!
Now for some disclaimers:
- This downgrade will only work if you have a product key for the original Windows operating system. I do not condone the act of pirating and downgrading computer software willy-nilly.
- There are parts in the video that are intentionally blurred out or masked to avoid accidental leaking of sensitive information: email addresses, passwords, network names, faces, and most profile pictures were all censored for confidentiality assurance.
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finally a person that likes windows 8.1
im not all the way in so im not sure if you mentioned this but for anyone that wants to attempt this
BACKUP YOUR DATA FIRST
YOU CANNOT DOWNGRADE WITHOUT LOSING FILES
YOU WILL NEED TO DO A CLEAN INSTALL
While watching i thought you had around 50k subs, and i noticed you only have 12!! Extremely underrated, suvbed
extremely underrated man. Keep it up. I would recommend cutting them into shorter partions but its still a good video
Thanks for the kind words and feedback!
i didn't finish the tutorial yet, but i alr know this would 100% work so from the bottem of my heart i want to say...
THANK YOU
No sir, Its asking you would you like to run it as an administrator!. click yes and then you should've been able to install it.
Dude look how good old Windows 10 looked honestly. Everything about it was appealing to my eyes. Same with 8.1. This video just made my eyes holy. Great video lolll
Hello. I can see you know a lot. I've a question . I've win 8.1. I've C and D partitions. Partition D: has System Volume Information folder and recycle bin. I want to reset pc (to win8.0) ... should I delete D drive files? (There are 2 options. Only c or all drives)
I want to still have the factory reset option in the future...
And clean pc (delete many restore points, and files)
What should I do? I don't know if delete D: (where is system volume information) its important to make factory reset in the future...
10:20 Those other partitions are from windows 10 so if you keep them, they will stay there along with the duped ones from 8.1
First thing you do when doing setup is DELETING all partitions, every single one of them.
Lmao there are 4 recovery partitions...how many times did you reinstall without wiping. Wasted space lmao.
And what to do when the support ends on January 10, 2023?
loved the video i also subbed, i would like to add that windows 8.1 is the best windows for old computer systems i installed it on a core 2 quad pc and it is fast as fuck and also works great with hdd plus it does not consume alot of memory and it made this crappy pc to do alot of multitasking office stuff movies and web browsing alot better
Can you go from win 10 to 8.0 (similar to video, i know video is 8.1) then install drivers and then upgrade to win 8.1?
Im your 60th subscriber
Windows 8.1 are the best windows for me because it's look modern and snappy
toshiba satellite are still amazing nowadays, in my familly we have three ^^
many month ago I downgrade my old asus x205ta from windows 10 to windsw 8.1,
if it didn't have this screen problem, I think I would still use it for school :3
I respect you upgrade to 8.1, but I have a lot of complains in this video (Not hating on you, just wanted to add this because it frustrates myself), firstly, it is so long which i don't complain but whatever, how do you not know about Rufus, how can you install Windows inside Windows in the first place? (first thing I do is boot from DVD/USB), FORMAT YOUR HARD DRIVE, YOU WASTED LIKE 300GB BECAUSE OF WINDOWS.OLD, the time Windows installs depends on your HDD/SSD speed, you can get out the USB any time you want after the copying files, disable everything in customized settings, do not connect to to WI-FI to skip Microsoft account, and last of all, THAT LAPTOP IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF RUNNING WINDOWS 10 22H2 unless you got a HDD, SSDs are so cheap nowdays that you can get them for nothing, I do respect that you upgraded to Windows 8.1 though because I myself hate Windows 10 and 11 so much, I also use 8.1 as main although mine is Embedded Industry Pro not just Pro
I appreciate the thoughts. I am relatively new to installing operating systems, specifically Windows, so suggestions like these will help me out when installing operating systems in the future.
Yeah basically erase everything on that screen.
@@-Tylermsa Next time I recommend creating a second partition and cut-paste all the user folders in it(Use Win+R > "%homepath%").
My 2.1 Ghz Amd was slow when I installed Windows 7. After some use, the win learnt that the boot speed, the overall speed is too slow, later it became much faster. Now, at energy saving mode 50% cpu speed, 1 ghz, 333 mhz ram speed, it is really fast. The cpu usage is 0% -10%. Only power consuming websites use more cpu, at 80%. 720p youtube videos need 100% cpu power.
I miss windows 8.1. Such a beautiful and very fast OS with no bugs. Now we have 10 which is just ugly and also brought a ton of bugs that remain unfixed, and 11 which is slowly becoming fully XAML
I saw Windows 8 as very revolutionary as a kid. I honestly won't be surprised if there are some kids right now that will feel nostalgic to Windows 11 when it eventually hits EOS.
Nowadays, I tolerate Windows 10, but I've been working on transitioning completely to Linux and Android in the past year.
@@-Tylermsa it was in fact revolutionary, live tiles were something no other os had, and the beautiful animations when you opened metro apps, now it's all gone and replaced with some flat garbage (windows 11)
The fact that my laptop is old hearing the fans work more actually gives me anxiety
LOL. That wasn't completely the laptop. At the time of filming that, I had a tower fan on b/c my room was getting very hot.
DUDE WHAT 16GB RAM WHAT
It's nothing if you use Photoshop a lot.
Dam Good bro loved the video.. Thanks from India
You can block updates with gpedit
How about its resource consumption compare to Win 10?? Is it far lower on resources than Win 10?? My laptop is also an old Acer Laptop. When I bought it, it was installed with Win 10 but then I install Linux dual-boot alongside it bcs Win 10 is just too heavy to use on my laptop.
Edit: Well, I mean 8.1 IS a free upgrade.. but this laptop was not made for 8.1. Also, its funny that not even Microsoft has downloads for windows 8 on their official download page
They are hiding their dark past of Windows 8 lol
@@sillycadoYeah 😂
Will We Lose Any Data ? Btw Nice Tutorial
Bro. Need one help. ,
My laptop(dell inspire 15 ) lost nvidia 820m. After updating to. Win 10 (prev win 8)
I have tried everything to get it ,its showing. 43 error
Can it be usable after i downgrade to win 8.1??
I believe so, if the Nvidia driver was originally compatible with windows 8. If the driver still has problems, you could try looking for the latest compatible driver updates on the Dell website.
tip for the future: windows does not use the install media after the first reboot, so you can take it out then
That's good to know. This was my first time installing Windows to a machine, and I wanted to be safe than sorry on the first go around.
@@-Tylermsa it doesn't hurt to keep it in anyways so YK
Nice info ,thanks :)
Does the network driver come pre installed with Windows 8?
Windows 8.1 support will end on Jan 10 2023. To stay safe, you can install some antivirus softwares. And I hate that start screen (prefer windows 10)
You can also install classic shell but the start screen is pretty
Try a program called "Start8", it will give you a functional and customizable Windows 7 style start menu and it doesn't uses much resourses.
great choice
Thank u so much you're the man
When I install it it doesn't show my wifi
When i try to go to the setup with the usb and i click install my hard drive does no show up can you help me?
If you use the custom install, you should see your available partitions. The partition with the largest available space should be your hard drive.
life was better then
Durring Timelapses, I would recommend the song "Rest" by Otis McDonald. It's a widely used timelaps track
But good video anyways
Thanks for the idea! I'll look into it when making future videos.
I would do windows 7
Were you referring to the software download screen? Unfortunately, you are not able to download Windows 7 from the Microsoft website anymore, at least ever since extended support ended. I tried plugging the link through the internet archive to see if you can install it from there, which is what I do when downloading older software, but so far to no luck :(
@@-Tylermsa you needed a OEM Windows 7 product key from something like a DELL or Lenovo laptop to install the ISO from the website.
Why would you do that on a computer like this plus the Task Manager in 7 is terrible compared to 8.1
nice vid bro
Question: but isnt the computer made for 8 and not 8.1? Also, its funny that not even Microsoft has downloads for windows 8 on their website
cos 8.1 is improved 8 so its like theres no 8
Your downloading a 8.1 with a windows 10…
He downgraded...
Wait wait Microsoft edge in windows 8? 😳
Yeah, both Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 got Microsoft Edge when their EOS dates came near. Nowadays, you can only use Microsoft Edge 109 on both of those OSes.
Get a ssd it will be alot faster
Why would you wanna do that though
really good video
New sub bro
Why would anyone want to go back windows 8 or 8.1? It is very limited in options, features and nothing in the store works. Also applications downloaded from the web can sometimes still be a pain as they require windows 10.
I have a 10 year old alienware. It does have an i7 yet it is slow and windows 10 and 11 consume a lot of ram and cpu. For my limited usage , I would rather have windows 8.1 or Chrome felx os which makes my laptop fast ..at least for my limited tasks.
@@Viva-07 switch out your hard drive for an SSD and you'll see a massive performance boost.
@@rmt74358 already did brother and added 16gb ram. I have another XPS for .y daily tasks. Planning to use this alienware only for casting movies, or very minimal tasks. Also the windows 10 and 11 for some reason drains the battery too ..switching to windows 8.1 actually improved it a bit..
@@Viva-07 What I7 do you have also what ram do you have?
first of all, why would anyone use the ms store when it’s garbage by its own, i just use it to download 2 apps and the i forget about it, second of all, as windows 8.1 lover and user (i also use windows 10 on my secondary pc btw don’t get mad plz) i never ran into app compatibility problems on 8.1, windows 8 is another story because it’s different but that was made for touch devices. anyways it perform better than windows 10 on older machine, newer won’t work well because recent drivers.
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Rufus isn't for Linux; etcher is for all three.
I'm assuming you are referring to 2:30. Are you referring to installing ISOs, or the software compatibility? In the video, I was referring to the compatibility of installing ISOs on a boot drive. I do apologize if that was unclear.
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on pc im on windows 7
on 2'nd pc im on windows xp
How are u surviving
Let me guess, and in your 3rd you have Windows 3.1.
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this ,,old ,, laptop you called is beter then me new one. I-7 intel 16gig of ram... what is the point of this video ?! how to install windows 8.1 ?! u are new in this kind of things or something else ?!
Depends. Is it a U series or H series
does anyone know if you can downgrade to windows 10 on a new windows 11 laptop
you can’t because drivers preinstalled are hard to find or made for 11 unless it’s a laptop that has a web page where drivers are listed, but you need to see if they are compatible with windows 10 or not, but it should work since windows 11 it’s just a reskin of 10
Why would you downgrade? The new laptops will be made with windows 11 and they can't be downgraded. Just use windows 11, it's pretty and modern
@@kociaparowka1 fact is that windows 11 is windows 10 but reskinned, also more unstable and on crack. it may look modern and pretty but it's not that what it makes the user experience perfect
Look up the manufacturer site if the drivers are available for W10.
@@lucassantossj if they are for windows 11 it surely works on windows 10