New
#1
W10 re-installation for a machine that was upgraded from W81 to W10
I have a Linx 8 tablet that originally came with Windows 8.1.
I then upgraded to Windows 10 via the free update route during the year that it was offered.
However, the OS has become corrupted and the only thing that I have to be able to restore is the original Windows 8.1 factory image.
So my question is, now that the free Windows 10 upgrade period has ended, is it possible to re-install the original factory Windows 8.1 image and upgrade to Windows 10?
I'm guessing that Microsoft somewhere has a record of the tablet being upgraded to Windows 10 but how they would verify my particular tablet I don't know.