[SOLVED] HP laptop upgraded to Win 10 reset

[silversmithy]

Hello. So recently a good friend of mine gave me their older HP pavilion laptop which had been upgraded from windows 8 to windows 10 in the past. I am going to go ahead and reset the laptop, and was wondering as I go through the steps if there is any way for me to avoid reverting back to windows 8. Thank you.

 

[Darkbreeze]

The fact is, you CAN'T revert back to Windows 8. Once Windows 8 has been upgraded to Windows 10 you have a 30 day grace period to undo the upgrade. After that, the Windows 8 license permanently becomes a Windows 10 license. That is a digital entitlement that is attached to the hardware ID string in the BIOS. You simply need to do a clean install.

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[silversmithy]

Okay. Thank you very much for the help. I will do a clean install of Windows.

 

[Darkbreeze]

That is really the only option.