Revert to Windows 7 from Modded Windows 10

[Doogi]

Browser, version and OS:  Modded Windows 10

 

Steps to reproduce/what were you doing before it happened?  Not sure 

 

 

What happened?

 I received a computer with windows 10 installed, but the computer doesn't support windows 10. It was modified for this system since Windows 10 was never meant for this computer. It is the Aurora R3. It has been acting glitchy after a couple of weeks and eventually it shuts down when doing light things such as browsing the web. I just need a windows 7 system clean backup to install on my computer to go back so the shutdowns don't occur again.

 

Screenshots of the issue, if applicable: 

I don't have any

Any other relevant details: Screen starts to flicker and my mouse cursor stops moving. 

 

 

If anyone has a clean windows 7 system backup I can use to help restore my computer, not sure how to uninstall the windows 10 from this computer.

 

p.s made this account for some help for this reason

Edited March 17, 2022 by Doogi

[jaslion]

Just reinstall windows 10? It works just fine on a aurora r3. Probably the modifications messed it up as a i7 2600k is fully supported in 10.

 

As to how to get 7 on it. Simply make a bootable usb with it, format the drive you wish to install to during the installation and hit install.

 

Again I recommend windows 10 as that works flawlessly with these.

 

How do I know? I've maintained one for my friend for almost a decade. Even the light features still work.

[tkitch]

Firstly:  Very wrong forum for this post.

 

Second:  

Reverting to Windows 7 for an actual daily driver issue is risky.  7 is out of support and apps are starting / have already discontinued support for 7.  It is also more vulnerable to attacks, because it's not getting updates for security anymore.

 

What hardware is in the box?  Windows 10 supports a very VERY wide range of hardware, and can run fairly well on most of it.

 

[Needfuldoer]

You shouldn't need system-specific software, a vanilla Windows install ISO should work. Enter the service tag into https://www.dell.com/support and it will give you the latest BIOS and drivers for that specific machine.

 

You should also be able to use the Windows Install Media Creation Tool to make a Windows 10 installer. As others said, it should work fine on that PC.

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

As long as you reinstall the same edition that's currently installed, it should activate once it has an Internet connection. (If not, enter the Windows 7 key from the COA on the case.)

 

The previous owner probably goofed something up trying to "tweak" Windows.

 

Make sure the heatsinks are clean, too. It couldn't hurt to re-do the thermal paste, too.

[BondiBlue]

There is no reason Windows 10 shouldn't run on that computer. The manufacturer doesn't have to specifically say that a certain system supports Windows 10 in order for it to actually support it. I've run Windows 10 on MUCH older computers than that, and the Windows 10 computer I'm replying from right now has almost the same CPU as your Aurora R3. 

 

I'd recommend just doing a clean installation of Windows 10 from a fresh ISO image. Once Windows is installed just give it a few minutes to automatically find whatever drivers it can, and then just install whatever drivers are remaining. 

[minibois]

-- Moved to Troubleshooting --

The Forum Bugs and Issues section is for issues with this forum, while the Troubleshooting section is for issues you're facing with software/hardware.

[Kilrah]

Random shutdowns are very unlikely to be a software problem, most likely something's wrong with the hardware. Win 10 and 11 run just fine on way older hardware than that.