can i downgrade to windows 7?
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I have a lot of experience with Win 8 and the H530 in particular. I understand that you want to "downgrade" to Win 7 to get away from Win 8. It appears that Microsoft did not learn much from their Vista experience? In any case, there is NO NEED to convert to Win 7. Rather, there is simple, free, software that makes Win 8 "look like" Win 7. It is called Classic Shell and can be found at classicshell.net. This restores the start button and the Win 7 "look and feel". I have used this to convert many Win 8 machines and all of my users are very satisfied.
427149
It is 64bit windows 7 as it came with 4gb of RAM. And yes it can downgrade to 32bit. But why would you want to downgrade? You will have a maximum of 3GB of RAM.
103305
You may want to contact mfg (they were very helpful over the phone- small company) to see if there is a downgrade option. When we purchased our unit, we were able to get Win 7 but having worked in the industry Microsoft usually "forces" OEM vendors to their latest version of software.
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Hi there...I think its hard to go windows7...of course we can do it but...I suggest to stick to the windows 8 better. but before you install...try to download factory recovery DVD first in case....If it is external..of course you can...anyway...good luck with your customization of your system.
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You should be able to connect this drive and then redirect your download to this drive. You should be able to do this through the W7 download page or you could redirect your default download location through your browser. The bigger question to you will be whether you have enough room on your primary drive to do the upgrade. Another option would be to move most of your personal files from your original drive to this external drive freeing up space on your primary drive to download and upgrade Windows. Depends on what you want. Personally, I would at least use the external drive as a backup/copy for your personal files in case your upgrade goes badly.
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It's not an option with this version. You have to wipe the hard drive and install Windows 7 from scratch. So try and save your data off another drive or usb device.
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I ordered mine installed with Windows 7 ("downgrade" option). It came with disks for both operating systems and (I think) disks for recovering both operating systems.
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It has Win 8 but you can buy Win7 and Dell has a instruction website for how to downgrade. I have not done it yet but plan to do so.
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no, you can only upgrade, not downgrade. I thought windows 8 would suck, but after a few minutes with it, it was very intuitive. I have over 280 games on steam and every one of them is compatible with windows 8.
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I would recommend that you copy all programs to an external drive or CD. Then you can copy them back to you laptop after you have upgraded to Windows 7.
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Yes, but I would suggest a complete format, nor will the downgrade be free. This may cause compatibility issues with the provided Lenovo software, which I find incredibly useful, so I might suggest buying from a retailer that provides the option for Windows 7 already installed.
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At the time I bought it, I only really cared about it being Windows 7, so I'm not sure. Sorry.
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I would also like to know if the download installation is Windows 7 compatible.
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I cant even open it it says its windows 7 down but it lets me change it up like I can swap what I wanna run it on yet same result every time
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Yes, you can but make sure that the source computer is running on Windows 7 32-bit.
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I am hoping someone will answer this question as "Windows 8" is the worst OS I have encounter and will not purchase another laptop without the option to revert to 7.
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From Vista (32 bit) you should be able to upgrade and everything will transfer over. Your system should meet all the minimum requirements for Win 7 if it was running Vista, check this page http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/system-requirements to make sure. If you buy this and find it won't upgrade, you won't totally lose the value of buying Windows 7 as you can also do a 'clean' install that would require you to reinstall Office and others. However, you should backup your important files before you upgrade, just to be safe.