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what happens after 29 July
What happens after 29 July 2016 if you have to (or just want to) reformat a machine that either had windows 8 preinstalled (the case with my laptop) or had an OEM windows 7 home premium disc (my desktop). Out of curiosity could I reformat and revert to windows 7 on the desktop and subsequently change to windows 10 again at an even later date (i.e. post 29 July)?
I can’t imagine ever going back to windows 8.1 on my laptop but I believe that if I use the Asus restore function, I go back to windows 8.1 AND all the ASUS bloatware. Would a clean install be the best way of proceeding on either machine and could I safely delete all existing partitions and let the OS create whatever is needed during installation? Again, I’m not sure about the position post 29 July.
Asus does not support windows 7 on the F555L laptop (although other contemporary Asus laptops were preinstalled with windows 7). Again, out of curiosity, could a full retail version of windows 7 be loaded onto a F555L or does the absence of an Asus chipset or other driver make this an impossibility?