Serious Q&A Re-install Windows

[no_faith]

I not IT savvy guy.
I hope someone can advise me.

Remember the time windows 10 free upgrade.
My original windows is not 10.
I did upgrade. Problem arise.

While i boot up my cpu, it does the bootig as usual but when running the window 10, it hanged. I reboot and run few times, keep hang. Windows 10 just wont run.

Now since i cant run windows to my desktop, how to reintall the old windows from my original cd?

Thanks

 

[potato29]

how to reintall the old windows from my original cd?

insert the original cd and reboot from the cd drive.

 

[no_faith]

insert the original cd and reboot from the cd drive.

Do you mean when booting, i insert the cd in, it will auto run the cd and prompt to run?
Or when booting i need to go set up and run cd drive?

 

[Grago]

Hopefully this link is able to help you.... http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000589.htm and if not possibly this one might....
http://www.howtogeek.com/220723/how-to-uninstall-windows-10-and-downgrade-to-windows-7-or-8.1/
Hope one of this helps.

 

[tanwahtiu]

How old is yr pc?

Min 4G ram. Are u still in 32 bit? If u upgrade to 64 bit u may not work if yr pc is 32.

Do you mean when booting, i insert the cd in, it will auto run the cd and prompt to run?
Or when booting i need to go set up and run cd drive?

 

[WujiBo]

Do you mean when booting, i insert the cd in, it will auto run the cd and prompt to run?
Or when booting i need to go set up and run cd drive?

You set the boot order in your computer CMOS setup. Press F2 when computer boots up.

Usually it's F1 or F2

 

[gongkia]

TS, the man who claimed to own an exotic pet shop and have a jap wife should be able to help you. I mean help yourself.

 

[butoh6050]

I must be getting old.
I thought ts needs help with his Hdb windows.

 

[singularity]

Where did you buy this pc from? Branded ones usually come along with a recovery DVD. Or is it from some sim lim shop?

You can run a clean install of W7, but that will wipe out all your data in the OS drive. Things like favorites stored in your browser and not synced with some online account will be gone. Do you keep regular data backups?

To see if you are able to repair your OS drive (thereby salvaging all your data),

- download the ISO image of W10 from the link given above (use official sources and not torrents),
- burn onto DVD or (USB drive using win32diskimager),
- insert DVD / flash drive before booting up pc,
- hit F2 during boot up to enter BIOS / UEFI
- change boot sequence to that of DVD / USB disk as 1st,
- save and exit setup,
- allow the installation disk to load,
- select the "repair" option,
- pray hard that it is fixed.

If not, get another blank hard disk / SSD, clean install W7 / W10 onto it, set that as the OS drive (1st to boot under BIOS) and your faulty drive as data drive, boot into windows using the new drive and copy the files from the faulty OS drive. Or plug this faulty drive into another pc and copy your data off it.

 

[Sideswipe]

forget about Windows 10. non IT savvy guys like us should just stick with Windows 95.

 

[WujiBo]

I prefer windows 7! It's the best.

 

[potato29]

Do you mean when booting, i insert the cd in, it will auto run the cd and prompt to run?
Or when booting i need to go set up and run cd drive?

when booting, F2 to set boot from cd drive.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

insert the original cd and reboot from the cd drive.

ROFL classic answer obliviously that's how it's done

 

[potato29]

ROFL classic answer obliviously that's how it's done

not so obvious.:o:o:o

Do you mean when booting, i insert the cd in, it will auto run the cd and prompt to run?
Or when booting i need to go set up and run cd drive?

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

not so obvious.:o:o:o

just reinstall the damn thing again instead of fixing it.