Reverting Back to Windows 10

[Hassan170]

I upgraded to windows 11 basically for the window snap feature and at the time I thought the integration of teams would be useful since my College uses Teams and Microsoft 365 apps everywhere.

 

I only recently learned 3 things.

1. PowerToys can emulate the same windows snap functionality in Win10.

2. The integrated Teams is something else that MS wants to become a personal chat app (good luck wit that) and NOT for work or school.

3. Win11 is not good for lower end laptops in terms of battery life and performance.

 

Hence, i want to go back to Win10. Unfortunately i deleted the Windows.old file as soon as i upgraded because it took a lot of space (~80GB and my 240GB drive was on the brink).

So the Recovery in the settings app is not an option. The video LTT did with Acronis also wouldn't work since i would have to backed up my data in Win10 BEFORE going to Win11.

I still did download Acronis and uploaded my entire Laptop to their cloud with the free trial just in case.

What options do i have if i want to go back to Win10 while still keeping all my Data? I'd prefer the Acronis Cloud being my last resort.

[C2dan88]

If you have deleted the windows.old then only way to downgrade now is to fresh install windows 10 and then copy back your files.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, Hassan170 said:

Unfortunately i deleted the Windows.old file

Big oof

 

Yea if you wanna swap back to w10 you are gonna have to fresh install w10 ;-;

 

Might aswell take the opportunity to run a debloat script and improve performance by deleting all the telemetry, though make sure to not accidentally delete any important ms apps

[Hassan170]

2 hours ago, C2dan88 said:

If you have deleted the windows.old then only way to downgrade now is to fresh install windows 10 and then copy back your files.

Ah shit, i was hoping it wouldn't have to come to this. 

 

1 hour ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Might aswell take the opportunity to run a debloat script and improve performance by deleting all the telemetry, though make sure to not accidentally delete any important ms apps

You know what, thats not a bad idea. I'll do just that. I remember reading some program or other that has button toggles to disable telemetry, I'll look into it. Thanks for the help

[Somerandomtechyboi]

17 minutes ago, Hassan170 said:

You know what, thats not a bad idea. I'll do just that. I remember reading some program or other that has button toggles to disable telemetry, I'll look into it. Thanks for the help

I do suggest running a debloat script though i think you should run winaerotweaker and shutup 10 first as they are adequate enough for debloating, make a system restore, then try a debloat script for even more bloat removed

[Hassan170]

On 12/19/2021 at 7:00 PM, Somerandomtechyboi said:

I do suggest running a debloat script though 

any idea on where i can get this Debloat script?

On 12/19/2021 at 7:00 PM, Somerandomtechyboi said:

i think you should run winaerotweaker and shutup 10 

i know of winaerotweaker and yeah thats the one i couldn't remember the name of, shutup 10.

 

On 12/19/2021 at 7:00 PM, Somerandomtechyboi said:

I do suggest running a debloat script though i think you should run winaerotweaker and shutup 10 first as they are adequate enough for debloating, 

Okie Dokie

 

On 12/19/2021 at 7:00 PM, Somerandomtechyboi said:

make a system restore,

you mean a restore point?

 

On 12/19/2021 at 7:00 PM, Somerandomtechyboi said:

 then try a debloat script for even more bloat removed

will see first how the two apps do it. the idea of running scripts is a bit unsettling, i dont trust myself to NOT fucc up somehow.

 

But thanks for the tech tip i will definitely try debloating.