I was stupid... I would like to get my windows 7 back (currenly on widows 8 preview)

[jasper]

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Hi

 

First off, I know you are all thinking

"what an idiot and not another windows 8 question". Unfortunately that is

exactly the case! I was stupid in many ways!

I basically installed windows 8

preview with thinking if I didn't like it I could just uninstall it however I

now realize that's not the case and I should have done it on a VHD... To make

matters worse, I may have not created a recovery or back up or saved an image of

windows 7 :/. yep what a dick!

so now I would like to go back to windows 7

but I am unable to do so.

I've tried resetting my laptop - oh its a HP

Pavilion G62 - but that wont work. I've tried restarting it and all that. It

also appears that windows 8 has over written my w7 os or I have deleted it by

accident.

So if someone would be kind enough as to help me out (I will

accept mockery in the process!) I would be grateful.

Sorry, I suspect you've

had to deal with a bunch of idiots like myself recently.

 

Thank you, any

help would be much appreciated!

Jasper Mowatt

[Jelly Bean]

Hello and welcome.

 

I have done a search on this and it appears to go back to your origonal version of windows you need a full install disk or recovery disks,not good news I am afraid to say.

 

You can order recovery disks from your computer manufacturer.

 

Windows 8

 

No. To go back to your previous version of Windows, you'll need to reinstall it from the recovery or installation media that came with your PC; typically DVD media. If you don’t have recovery media you might be able to create it from a recovery partition on your PC using software provided by your PC manufacturer. Check the support section of your PC manufacturer’s website for more information. After you install Windows 8, you won’t be able to use the recovery partition on your PC to go back to your previous version of Windows.

[Christopher Marks]

Hi! Since you said that you don't installed it in a VD, you need to reinstall windows 7 from a disc. Back-up your files and reinstall windows 7 using its installation disk. Try the follow the steps here so that you will not be confused during the process.

Thank you for reading!

[The-Dragon-Man]

Yep this is very true you will need to backup all your files and re-format you hdd then re install wins 7 this is the only way of doing this sorry.