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Win 8 to Win 7

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Just bought a new desktop with Windows 8. Not very happy with it. Can I "downgrade" to Windows 7 by just doing a total backup of a W7 machine and restoring it onto the new W8 machine?

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If you restore the image of computer A to computer B, and B is not *exactly* the same hardware as A, you will need the universal restore feature that comes with the paid-for Plus Pack.
Then, yes, you could restore a Win7 image.

HI Pat,

Thanks for the quick reply. That sounds like a great and very easy solution. Could I also partition the new disk an have W8 on one partition and W7 from the old hardware on the other partition?

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Yes, you could do that. You could also create a virtual machines in Win 7 (or Win 8) and use that to use Win 8 (or Win 7, respectively).
Moving from a single boot to a multi boot system after the restore will require just a bit of tweaking. You should have a look at easyBCD to get a sense of that.