Downgrading Your System to Windows 8

Introduction:

Nowadays most of the systems are shipped with Windows 10 baked into them, so why would you want to downgrade your system to Windows 8 or any earlier versions? Many of our grandparents use systems that are capable of running Windows 8, but quite often they upgrade it to Windows 10 to keep it updated, but very often it doesn't work in their favor &  causes the system to become slow. This article would help you downgrade your system. We'll discuss the 2 methods of downgrading your system in this blog. 

Methods:

Before we begin with either of the methods, you need to ensure you have a backup of your vital data on a Hard-Drive or on the Cloud [OneDrive/Google Drive] whichever method suits you. After you are done doing so, boot your system into the BIOS & Disable Secure Boot & Enable Legacy Boot, these options will be available under the boot configuration in the BIOS settings.

How to Boot into the BIOS:

Depending on the Laptop/Desktop you have the method to enter the BIOS similar, just the key to do so would change. Restart your system and follow the steps given below...

HP Systems: 

Press the Esc key several times until you see the Startup Menu, & Press F10.

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Dell Systems: 

Press the F12 key several times at the Dell logo screen during startup, and select BIOS Setup or System Setup from the menu.

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Asus Systems:

Either press the Del key or the F10 key based on the type of system you own.

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This method would work irrespective of the brand of the system you own.

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After you're finished following the above steps, let's begin with the first method. 

• The Conventional Method [Using Media Creation Tool]

Required Tools/Hardware:

1. 8 GB Flash Drive.
2. Media Creation Tool: https://bit.ly/win8tool

    After you have finished installing the tool, execute the tool & follow the steps given below

Step 1:   Launch the Media Creation and select your desired Language, Version & Architecture of Windows 8.

Step 2: Select the USB Flash Drive Option from the given options.

Step 3:  Choose your Flash Drive on which you would like to burn the tool.

Step 4:  Leave the rest for the tool to do...

After you're done with the above step, go to the end of the article to complete installing it on your system.

• The Traditional Way [Using Rufus]

 Required Tools/Hardware:

     1. 8 GB Flash Drive.

     2. Rufus: https://bit.ly/rufusmetool

    3. Windows 8 ISO: https://bit.ly/wind8iso

After you're done installing the tools & ISO file, start Rufus. You should see a screen as seen below.

Step 1: Next to the Boot Selection, click on Select ISO, which would open up a dialog box asking you to choose the file. Open the directory containing the Windows 8 ISO file and select it.

Step 2: Ensure the settings are as follows, before burning the ISO file on the Flash Drive.

Step 3:  After you're sure the settings are mentioned above, click on start and wait for the application to burn the ISO to the flash drive & you'll see a screen similar to this.

Installing it on your System:

Now, it's time to actually install it on your system, make sure you have the flash drive on which you burned Windows 8 ISO. 

Step 1: Shutdown/Restart your system and boot into your flash drive, depending on your system, the method will vary slightly. 

Step 2: Click On "Repair Your Computer" from the installation page. 

Step 3: Click on Advanced Options & then on Command Prompt.

Step 4: Type 'Diskpart' in the Command Prompt, 'list disk'/'select disk 0'/'clean'/'convert gpt' / 'create partition primary size=60000 offset=420479' [60000=60GB, this your main partition, you expand it to the size you like] / 'format fs=NTFS quick' & type 'exit' after this you're good to install Windows 8 on your drive.

Step 5: Now go back to the installation page, and click on 'Install Now'.  You would be asked to enter your product key, we suggest you purchase a product key or use the available free keys provided by various website

Step 6: Install it on the Partitioned drive which we created in Step 4 & let the application do the rest.

Step 7: Voila! and you're done installing Windows 8 on your system

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