Can I delete Win 10 and install 7?

Josey Wales said:

If you had windows 7 home the upgrade path to Windows 10 would be Windows 10 Home. So why could one NOT go back to Windows 7 Home? What if it was not an OEM build?

If you upgraded from 7 Home to 10 Home, you can rollback to 7 Home, within a certain time limit. Once the windows old folder is gone you would have to clean install 7 Home to go back.

The OP's PC came with 10 Home installed, it was never upgraded from 7 Home. In that case, you need to be sure that PC will run Windows 7, IE can you get Windows 7 drivers for the newer hardware etc. Plus, you need to buy a license to run Windows 7 on that PC. Your not going "back to" as it was never installed in the first place.

alphanumeric said:

If you upgraded from 7 Home to 10 Home, you can rollback to 7 Home, within a certain time limit. Once the windows old folder is gone you would have to clean install 7 Home to go back.

The OP's PC came with 10 Home installed, it was never upgraded from 7 Home. In that case, you need to be sure that PC will run Windows 7, IE can you get Windows 7 drivers for the newer hardware etc. Plus, you need to buy a license to run Windows 7 on that PC. Your not going "back to" as it was never installed in the first place.

I started off in the middle did not read the OP. Will do better.. Sorry.

bobkn said:

I believe that this isn't a physical issue, but rather one of licensing.

You can't go from 10 to 7 without a clean install. The issue is whether you'd have to purchase a Win7 license to permit you to activate the new Win7 installation.

I'm no expert on MS licensing, and I'm not clear on whether buying a Pro upgrade would buy you downgrade rights if you don't currently have them.

At least in the US, a home to pro license isn't a great deal cheaper than a system builder Win7 Pro license. (The EULA for that may not permit that to be installed on a home system, but I am unaware that there has ever been enforcement of that.)

If the laptop was never sold with 7, it makes sense trying to get 10 sorted on it before messing around with an OS downgrade.

It is not just a licencing issue - almost certainly OP would need a new licence based on info we have gleaned.

It MAY also be a technical issue, as many new devices now simply do not have suitable Windows 7 drivers anymore. It may install and use generic drivers, but possible with reduced functionality.

Josey Wales said:

I started off in the middle did not read the OP. Will do better.. Sorry.

Been there done that, no big deal.

bobkn said:

I believe that this isn't a physical issue, but rather one of licensing.

You can't go from 10 to 7 without a clean install. The issue is whether you'd have to purchase a Win7 license to permit you to activate the new Win7 installation.

I'm no expert on MS licensing, and I'm not clear on whether buying a Pro upgrade would buy you downgrade rights if you don't currently have them.

At least in the US, a home to pro license isn't a great deal cheaper than a system builder Win7 Pro license. (The EULA for that may not permit that to be installed on a home system, but I am unaware that there has ever been enforcement of that.)

If the laptop was never sold with 7, it makes sense trying to get 10 sorted on it before messing around with an OS downgrade.

As far as I know, no, upgrading to 10 Pro doesn't automatically get you downgrade rights. It just gets you 10 Pro. The way I understand it, downgrade rights come with the PC when purchased. And It has to have 10 Pro installed to qualify for that option. Also not all OEM's offers it on all models. It's up to them if they want to authorize it.

So, to make a long story short, upgrading from Home to Pro won't magically get you downgrade rights. And even if it did, by buying the upgrade right from the OEM that sold you the PC. < The only way I can even remotely see it working. Downgrading to Windows 7 isn't going to easy peasy. IMHO your still looking at a clean install to get there.

Before I do anything, I would make a trip to the drivers section for your device on the ASUS support page. Then see if Windows 7 is even an option. My laptop came installed with Windows 8.0 Core. Windows 7 64 bit is an option for me, but only because at some point, that's what it shipped with from the factory. From what I've seen, most OEM's don't develop drivers for an OS that, that device never shipped with from the factory. For example, there are no drivers for Windows 10 for my K75DE Laptop. They moved on to newer models when Windows 10 was released. My laptop is fine with the Windows Update supplied drivers though so no big deal for me. IMHO, Windows 10 is much better stock driver wise than previous Windows operating systems were.