Is it on a second partition of your Win7 hard drive or, as I'd prefer, on a separate hard drive?
How do I downgrade window 8 consumers preview to my original window 7.
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I downloaded it from the Internet as a try out, then it took control. Now I need my window 7 back. It's a Dell Inspiron i3. Thak you
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If you're created a dual boot option, you'll need to remove the Win8 option from the boot loader. Use msconfig to check for a Win8 line in the "boot" tab. Remove that line if present. Reboot the machine and you should now be able to format the Win8 partition, remove it, or whatever.
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the fact that you give me the impression that you installed Win 8 on the top of Win 7.
No partitions, no dual boot, just plain old "upgrade" from 7 to 8
You have also avoided answering the important questions posed by responders to your question.
Is that what how you installed Win 8?
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