To go back you would need to download the 8.1 Recovery image, put it on USB and boot to the USB Recovery image.... there may be some extra hoops as well to Recover over W10 with 8.1Was you an Windows 10 insider?
This looks easier than downloading an ISO.
Did it restore to 8.1 first and then update to 10?
I'm thinking of doing this as someone was using my Surface pro3 and decided to install some bits and now it runs hot with the fan constantly going.
As I didn't set up system restore I can't seem to go back
Resetting W10 and SP3
- Thread starter stsalkit
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I want to do a full reset (to see if I can make my external monitors work again), and have created media OK, but my SP3 won't boot off the USB created.
I've tried both Power+VolDown and the Shift-Restart>UseADevice methods, but it always boots to the installed system.
Any suggestions?
I've tried both Power+VolDown and the Shift-Restart>UseADevice methods, but it always boots to the installed system.
Any suggestions?
Remove your SD card.
Thanks, but no SD card in there...
I managed enough of a reset to make the monitors work off the dock, so my immediate issue is fixed now. Would rather know I had the usb boot option for the future though.
Jay Parisi
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What a day yesterday.....
Decided to "reset" to a clean Windows 10, kept getting an "inaccessible boot device", surface would reboot twice, then revert back with no changes made.
I'm thinking, maybe bitlocker had something to do with it. So I turn bitlocker off. Now it jest went into a "inaccessible boot device" loop.
Had to re-image to 8.1 and then upgrade to 10 again... half a day...
Set up 8.1 with a new local account that used my Microsoft ID. Then upgraded to 10, joined the domain, and now I can't attach the MS ID to my domain account. Found out that Windows 10 won't allow that, only one MS ID. Had to remove the local account and do a registry edit to remove the MS ID and then I was able to add it to my domain account.
Last thing is I cannot open the App Store and some MUI apps won't launch. Haven't figured this one out yet....
Decided to "reset" to a clean Windows 10, kept getting an "inaccessible boot device", surface would reboot twice, then revert back with no changes made.
I'm thinking, maybe bitlocker had something to do with it. So I turn bitlocker off. Now it jest went into a "inaccessible boot device" loop.
Had to re-image to 8.1 and then upgrade to 10 again... half a day...
Set up 8.1 with a new local account that used my Microsoft ID. Then upgraded to 10, joined the domain, and now I can't attach the MS ID to my domain account. Found out that Windows 10 won't allow that, only one MS ID. Had to remove the local account and do a registry edit to remove the MS ID and then I was able to add it to my domain account.
Last thing is I cannot open the App Store and some MUI apps won't launch. Haven't figured this one out yet....
