Solved Cant revert to Win7 from 10 on my tablet

[oxicottin]

Hello, I have Lenovo 20C1001DUS and I recently updated it to Windows 10 and I hate it so I want to install Windows 7 OS so I went out and bought a CD. I started doing some reading to get the OS I have to put on a USB so I found a program that moves the OS to the USB which was easy but I cant but the next step is for my tablet to boot from the USB and I cant figure out how to get it to do that because I don't know how to get into the BIOS. I have a usb keyboard if that would help.... Ideas? Get me out of this 10 :shock:

Thanks!

 

[Keithuk]

Well a friend of mine downloaded and install Windows 10 on his Windows 7 computer from the nagging update link. He said there is an uninstall in Programs and Features in View Installed Updates if he didn't like it.

 

[oxicottin]

I tried to go back it wouldn t.

 

[SIW2]

Try F12

 

[oxicottin]

ok i get into the bios through windows choosing UEFI Firmware settings. I turned off windows boot manager and tried to mobe the isb to the top but the setting wont stick. I cant get it to boot into the USB what so ever.

 

[Ztruker]

Accordin g to the Manual:

Note: Ensure that your tablet is connected to ac power.
1. Press the power button and the volume-up button at the same time when you turn on the tablet. The
ThinkPad Tablet Setup program menu opens.
2. Tap Startup.
3. In the Boot submenu, drag the recovery drive to the first place to select it as the boot device.
4. Save configuration changes and restart the tablet.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to recover the tablet.
For more information about the recovery solutions provided by the Windows 8.1 operating system, go to:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=263800

 

[oxicottin]

Holding the power and volume up gets me in the same menu/bios i drag my USB HDD to the top and save it. Now with my USB stick in it doesn't show any names nor does it show names for my HD and SD card and I think if i were on a regular pc in more familiar bios it would show that? Anyway, I save and restart and windows 10 boots up every time. I don't get it

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
You might try this,
Advanced Startup Options - Boot to in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Win-10 has a startup as 0 seconds so it is tough to get into bios or in a dual boot setup with the settings set to 0 seconds so turn off fast startup,
Fast Startup - Turn On or Off in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

[oxicottin]

I already had fast boot turned off , it was giving me trouble and was suggested i shut off. This is driving me nuts thats all i want to do is get rid of this 10 and I cant

 

[DavidE]

Do you have the secure boot option in your bios ?
If you do and it's enabled, try disabling it and see if that helps.

 

[oxicottin]

Do you the secure boot option in your bios ?
If you do and it's enabled, try disabling it and see if that helps.

That was one of the first things i turned off. Maybe its my USB drive? I have been reading its supposed to be fat32 and I checked and its NTFS. I made it using the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool by Microsoft and it dont give an option to change it . im not sure if it even matters im just out of options.

 

[DavidE]

Can you try booting a different PC with the USB drive to test if it can be booted ?

You can look at this tutorial by Brink.
Option 2 / Step 6 has instructions for using Rufus which shows FAT32 can be selected.
It's for Win 10 but maybe creating a Win 7 flash stick would work the same ?
USB Flash Drive - Create to Install Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

 

[oxicottin]

Ok I will try to boot it on my laptop and see if it works that way.

 

[oxicottin]

Ok I got a chance finally to try it on my laptop and no it wont boot BUT I also have windows 10 on that as well and I didnt turn anything off.

 

[DavidE]

Did you try rebuilding the flash stick with Rufus and formatting it as FAT32 ?

 

[oxicottin]

Did you try rebuilding the flash stick with Rufus and formatting it as FAT32 ?

Not sure what u mean about rebuild but i have tried to make it a fat32 and it wont let me.

 

[DavidE]

Did you try rebuilding the flash stick with Rufus and formatting it as FAT32 ?

Not sure what u mean about rebuild but i have tried to make it a fat32 and it wont let me.

In post #12 i asked if using Rufus might work for you to "bebuild" the flash stick as FAT32.
Did you ever try using Rufus to "rebuild" the flash stick ?
That's what i mean by "rebuild" - try Rufus.

but i have tried to make it a fat32 and it wont let me

How did you try to make it fat32 ?

If you can post screen prints of errors you see, that would help, see this tutorial:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

Right now it seems your flash stick won't boot either of your PC's, right ?
If i had a flash stick like that I would re-format it and start over.
For you i think the easiest way is to first try Rufus.

Or, do you want to try re-formatting the stick as FAT32 using Windows Disk Management ?

No matter which way you go, everything on the stick now, will be deleted.

 

[oxicottin]

 

[Layback Bear]

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I ticked on your picture and now I have to run security scans.


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[DavidE]

DavidE has requested you to use this method to post.
I ticked on your picture and now I have to run security scans.

WOW, that's scary (to me) :shock:

LB, can i assume you reported this ?
I think so

To all, this is why many of us won't click on external links.