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Messed up the partitions and the system
I have had Windows 8.1 Premium on my computer and wanted to go back to Windows 7 Home Premium because 8.1 did not seem to be working right.
When trying to download it I got the message that Windows 7 could not be installed on either of my partitions. When I tried to change the partitions or do anything with them, it refused.
Finally the computer just stopped trying to download or partition and now will not start.
It tells me to put in a recovery disk but all I have is the original and it says that is not the right one.
I am tempted to get out one of my old Ubuntu disks and try to partition with that one.
I am pretty sure that it is because the file systems are different but I don't know how to change it without a working operating system.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Ken