Removing Windows 8 and installing Windows 7: Help!

[castgold]

OP I'd check all the hardware drivers for Win 7 compatibility before you wipe it.

[Artema]

OP I'd check all the hardware drivers for Win 7 compatibility before you wipe it.

Windows 8 drivers and Windows 7 drivers are the same. So even if something was missing he could use the Win8 disk to put drivers on a Win7 install.

[Epaphroditus]

Windows 8 drivers and Windows 7 drivers are the same. So even if something was missing he could use the Win8 disk to put drivers on a Win7 install.

Nope. Some win 8 drivers need special attention. Particularly if you have a "Win 8" compliant hardware with secure boot enabled. Going from 8 to 7 should be OK.

Win98SE was the best MS OS ...

[klewan]

OP, make a copy of 8; you never know when it might come in handy. I've been using 8 for 2 weeks and I got over my initial barf reflex....

[Artema]

OP, make a copy of 8; you never know when it might come in handy. I've been using 8 for 2 weeks and I got over my initial barf reflex....

I'm playing games on Steam that I never played before because I was able to get them to not crash in Windows 7. When I open Windows Explorer (to save a file) it doesn't hang for 2 minutes because it is trying to resolve ALL networked drives prior to showing me anything. Windows 8 interface is not its only downfall. But like XP, it may recover in a few years.

[AGGRO]

My son bricks his pc so often I've saved drivers and what not on a thumb drive.