Operating system not found after going back to 10


ch3mn3y

ch3mn3y

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Anyone tried going back from 11 to 10?
Setting that tpm requirements wedding go down or even if than it would be 1.2, I thought about going back to 10 on one of my notebooks that doesn't have tpm at all.

Restoring ended with "operating system not found" and question is if anyone was in the same place as me run?
Can I use 10 ISO or should I go with 11 to make it bootable again (if it is possible...)?
 
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11

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win11 Pro PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
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    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B450 AORUS Elite V2
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    32GB DDR4 3600 MHz (2x XPG GAMMIX D10)
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    Sapphire Radeon RX7800XT Nitro
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    Realtek ALC1200 (Samsung HT-E5530 @S/PDIF)
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    Samsung (S24H650 + 2x S24E650)
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    3360x1910 (AMD Eyefinity)
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba XG5 256GB,
    ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB,
    Samsung 870 QVO 1TB
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    BeQuiet Dark Power 11
    Case
    Corsair Carbide 330R Blackout
    Cooling
    Deepcool Maelstrom 240 RGB, 3x Deepcool CF140, 2x Deepcool CF120
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    Logitech MX Master 2s
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    Logitech K750 Solar
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    Intel 8118
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    Microsoft Edge
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    Flydigi Vader 4 Pro
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    Win11 Home PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
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    PC/Desktop
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    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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    AsRock B450M Pro4 R2.0
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    16GB DDR3 3600 MHz (2x XPG GAMMIX D10)
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX Radeon RX6600 SPEEDSTER SWFT 210
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC892/897 (Onkyo TX-SR307)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 47LS5600
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    SK Hynix BC501 256GB,
    Samsung 870 Evo 500GB,
    Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
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    BeQuiet System Power 550W
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    Chieftec Pro Cube CI-02B-OP
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    Endorfy Fera 5 Dual Fan
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    Logitech K400 Plus
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    Logitech K400 Plus
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    Realtek RTL8111H
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    Microsoft Edge
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    Defender UI, Malwarebytes
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    Xbox One PUBG Controller
How did you restore your Windows 10? Is it possible you moved to GPT and UEFI booting to try to get Windows 11 to work, and your previous Windows 10 was MBR and booting in legacy BIOS mode?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi)
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Education
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 7773
    CPU
    Intel i7-8550U
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce MX150
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 512GB NVMe SSD
    SK Hynix 512GB SATA SSD
    Internet Speed
    Fast!
NavyLCDR said:
How did you restore your Windows 10? Is it possible you moved to GPT and UEFI booting to try to get Windows 11 to work, and your previous Windows 10 was MBR and booting in legacy BIOS mode?
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Good question...
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 10 Enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self build
    CPU
    AMD FX-8350
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 R5
    Memory
    Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 2133mhz 32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Palit StormX Gerforce GTX1050Ti 4GB
    Sound Card
    M-Audio Delta Audiophile 24/96 PCI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP Pavilion 27xi IPS
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital WDS500G2B0A (C) Western Digital WD30EZRX (G)
    Western Digital WD6402AAEX (D) Western Digital WD60EFRX (H)
    Western Digital WD7500AYPS (E) Western Digital WD60EZRZ (I)
    Western Digital WD10EZEX (F)
    PSU
    Corsair HX850i
    Case
    Cooler Master Cosmos
    Cooling
    upHere AC12 RGB 2x 120mm
    Keyboard
    Advent ADE-KBW100 Aluminium
    Mouse
    LBATS X9 Metal
    Internet Speed
    38 down / 9 up
    Browser
    Firefox, Waterfox and Edge.
    Antivirus
    Defender
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Enterprise
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self-build (1st Test/Dev Machine)
    CPU
    AMD FX-8320
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-970-DS3P FX
    Memory
    DDR3 1600mhz (4x8GB) 32GB
    Graphics card(s)
    MSI GeForce GT730 4GB
    Sound Card
    M-Audio Delta Audiophile 24/96 PCI
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2009W
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    Sandisk Extreme Pro 480GB SSD (C)
    6x assorted WD and Seagate 3.5'' HDD
    PSU
    Corsair HX850
    Case
    Aerocool PGS RS-4
    Cooling
    Cooler Master Seidon 120V AIO Water Cooler
    Mouse
    Generic
    Keyboard
    Sumvision RI0 Wireless.
    Internet Speed
    38 down / 9 up
    Browser
    Firefox, Waterfox and Edge.
    Antivirus
    Defender
NavyLCDR said:
How did you restore your Windows 10? Is it possible you moved to GPT and UEFI booting to try to get Windows 11 to work, and your previous Windows 10 was MBR and booting in legacy BIOS mode?
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Used Windows update. There is option to restore to previous compilation.

Already had gpt on Win10, so before 11. So that shouldn't be a problem if Windows didn't, dunno why, tried to restore gpt as MBR.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win11 Pro PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B450 AORUS Elite V2
    Memory
    32GB DDR4 3600 MHz (2x XPG GAMMIX D10)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon RX7800XT Nitro
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1200 (Samsung HT-E5530 @S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung (S24H650 + 2x S24E650)
    Screen Resolution
    3360x1910 (AMD Eyefinity)
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba XG5 256GB,
    ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB,
    Samsung 870 QVO 1TB
    PSU
    BeQuiet Dark Power 11
    Case
    Corsair Carbide 330R Blackout
    Cooling
    Deepcool Maelstrom 240 RGB, 3x Deepcool CF140, 2x Deepcool CF120
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Master 2s
    Mouse
    Logitech K750 Solar
    Internet Speed
    Intel 8118
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky Free, Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    Flydigi Vader 4 Pro
  • Operating System
    Win11 Home PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    Motherboard
    AsRock B450M Pro4 R2.0
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 3600 MHz (2x XPG GAMMIX D10)
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX Radeon RX6600 SPEEDSTER SWFT 210
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC892/897 (Onkyo TX-SR307)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 47LS5600
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    SK Hynix BC501 256GB,
    Samsung 870 Evo 500GB,
    Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
    PSU
    BeQuiet System Power 550W
    Case
    Chieftec Pro Cube CI-02B-OP
    Cooling
    Endorfy Fera 5 Dual Fan
    Mouse
    Logitech K400 Plus
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    Logitech K400 Plus
    Internet Speed
    Realtek RTL8111H
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender UI, Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    Xbox One PUBG Controller
Do you have a Windows 10 installation USB flash drive created that you can boot the computer from? You can try running start-up repair from it.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi)
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Education
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 7773
    CPU
    Intel i7-8550U
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce MX150
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 512GB NVMe SSD
    SK Hynix 512GB SATA SSD
    Internet Speed
    Fast!
NavyLCDR said:
Do you have a Windows 10 installation USB flash drive created that you can boot the computer from? You can try running start-up repair from it.
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That I want to do when I got some time. Maybe I'll talk my notebook with me on leave?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win11 Pro PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B450 AORUS Elite V2
    Memory
    32GB DDR4 3600 MHz (2x XPG GAMMIX D10)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon RX7800XT Nitro
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1200 (Samsung HT-E5530 @S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung (S24H650 + 2x S24E650)
    Screen Resolution
    3360x1910 (AMD Eyefinity)
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba XG5 256GB,
    ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB,
    Samsung 870 QVO 1TB
    PSU
    BeQuiet Dark Power 11
    Case
    Corsair Carbide 330R Blackout
    Cooling
    Deepcool Maelstrom 240 RGB, 3x Deepcool CF140, 2x Deepcool CF120
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Master 2s
    Mouse
    Logitech K750 Solar
    Internet Speed
    Intel 8118
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky Free, Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    Flydigi Vader 4 Pro
  • Operating System
    Win11 Home PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    Motherboard
    AsRock B450M Pro4 R2.0
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 3600 MHz (2x XPG GAMMIX D10)
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX Radeon RX6600 SPEEDSTER SWFT 210
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC892/897 (Onkyo TX-SR307)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 47LS5600
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    SK Hynix BC501 256GB,
    Samsung 870 Evo 500GB,
    Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
    PSU
    BeQuiet System Power 550W
    Case
    Chieftec Pro Cube CI-02B-OP
    Cooling
    Endorfy Fera 5 Dual Fan
    Mouse
    Logitech K400 Plus
    Keyboard
    Logitech K400 Plus
    Internet Speed
    Realtek RTL8111H
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender UI, Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    Xbox One PUBG Controller
If I remember correctly the only way out of the Dev channel is a fresh install.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win 11 Home & Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Vivobook
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen™ 7 7730U
    Motherboard
    M1605YA
    Memory
    15.0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1596MHz (22-22-22-52)
    Graphics Card(s)
    512MB ATI AMD Radeon Graphics (ASUStek Computer Inc)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1200@60Hz) - P1 PLUS (1920x1080@59Hz)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1200
    Hard Drives
    953GB Western Digital WD
    PSU
    45 Watts
    Mouse
    Lenovo Bluetooth.
    Internet Speed
    500 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
  • Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ACER NITRO
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 5800H / 3.2 GHz
    Motherboard
    CZ Scala_CAS (FP6)
    Memory
    32 GB DDR4 SDRAM 3200 MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6 GB GDDR6 SDRAM
    Sound Card
    Realtek Audio. NVIDIA High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6" LED backlight 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) 144 Hz
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB NVMe M.2
    PSU
    180 Watt, 19.5 V
    Mouse
    Lenovo Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    500 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
Fabler2 said:
If I remember correctly the only way out of the Dev channel is a fresh install.
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Don't want to be out, just want latest Win10 dev ;) Than I'll go out.
Microsoft promised you can go back, but, true, I couldn't ;(
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win11 Pro PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B450 AORUS Elite V2
    Memory
    32GB DDR4 3600 MHz (2x XPG GAMMIX D10)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon RX7800XT Nitro
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1200 (Samsung HT-E5530 @S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung (S24H650 + 2x S24E650)
    Screen Resolution
    3360x1910 (AMD Eyefinity)
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba XG5 256GB,
    ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB,
    Samsung 870 QVO 1TB
    PSU
    BeQuiet Dark Power 11
    Case
    Corsair Carbide 330R Blackout
    Cooling
    Deepcool Maelstrom 240 RGB, 3x Deepcool CF140, 2x Deepcool CF120
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Master 2s
    Mouse
    Logitech K750 Solar
    Internet Speed
    Intel 8118
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky Free, Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    Flydigi Vader 4 Pro
  • Operating System
    Win11 Home PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    Motherboard
    AsRock B450M Pro4 R2.0
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 3600 MHz (2x XPG GAMMIX D10)
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX Radeon RX6600 SPEEDSTER SWFT 210
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC892/897 (Onkyo TX-SR307)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 47LS5600
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    SK Hynix BC501 256GB,
    Samsung 870 Evo 500GB,
    Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
    PSU
    BeQuiet System Power 550W
    Case
    Chieftec Pro Cube CI-02B-OP
    Cooling
    Endorfy Fera 5 Dual Fan
    Mouse
    Logitech K400 Plus
    Keyboard
    Logitech K400 Plus
    Internet Speed
    Realtek RTL8111H
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender UI, Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    Xbox One PUBG Controller
I don't think Microsoft ever promised you could go back.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi)
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Education
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 7773
    CPU
    Intel i7-8550U
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia Geforce MX150
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 512GB NVMe SSD
    SK Hynix 512GB SATA SSD
    Internet Speed
    Fast!
ch3mn3y said:
Don't want to be out, just want latest Win10 dev ;) Than I'll go out.
Microsoft promised you can go back, but, true, I couldn't ;(
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As always with these things - Image your system - there's plenty of free tools around - Macrium Free is the one most on these Forums use but there are others. You can also make the stand alone bootable recovery version so you can even do a bare metal restore of your previous OS.

I'd always go for these "Manual" backups using Macrium etc than rely on any Ms one that runs from within Windows itself - especially if Windows gets broken.

Why in the world don't people just image their systems before doing an upgrade that they might not like / fails to work properly. Thse days with decent hardware and fast disks - shouldn't take more than 15 - 20 mins at the most.

Cheers
jimbo
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows XP,7,10,11 Linux Arch Linux
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    2 X Intel i7
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A Guy ;)
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 10 Home x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    INTEL Core i5-11400
    Motherboard
    ASUS PRIME H570-PLUS
    Memory
    KINGSTON HyperX Fury Black DDR4 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3200MHz, CL16
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Superclocked 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 32MA68HY 32" IPS
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG 250GB 970 EVO Plus NVMe, M.2 SSD, Crucial 250GB MX500, SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
    PSU
    CORSAIR RM550x 80 PLUS Gold 550W
    Case
    ANTEC P10 FLUX
    Cooling
    be quiet! Pure Rock 2, 5 x 120 mm Case Fans
    Internet Speed
    480 + Mbps Up/ 12+ Mbps Down
    Browser
    Vivaldi Snapshot
    Antivirus
    Avast
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Home x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-750
    Motherboard
    ASUS P7P55D
    Memory
    Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600MHz CL8
    Graphics card(s)
    MSI GeForce GT 240 N240GT-MD1G/D5 1 GB DDR5
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 32MA68HY 32" IPS
    Screen Resolution
    1980x1040
    Hard Drives
    Samsung Electronics 840 EVO 120GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
    PSU
    Antec TruePower New TP-550 550W
    Case
    Antec 300
    Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper 212+, 4 Noctua NF-P12 120mm, 1 Noctua NF-P14 FLX
    Internet Speed
    480+ Mbps Down/12+Mbps Up
    Browser
    Vivaldi Snapshot
    Antivirus
    Avast
jimbo45 said:
Why in the world don't people just image their systems before doing an upgrade that they might not like / fails to work properly. Thse days with decent hardware and fast disks - shouldn't take more than 15 - 20 mins at the most.

Cheers
jimbo
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Don't use this device was my main one, so didn't want to lose additional time to make a backup, but still wanted to feel Win11 on it ;)
Thought I'll stay, but then thought about going back to 10. And as 11 is still an update to 10 (even build number says so), I thought that "restore to previous build" will work as it worked before ;(
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win11 Pro PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B450 AORUS Elite V2
    Memory
    32GB DDR4 3600 MHz (2x XPG GAMMIX D10)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon RX7800XT Nitro
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC1200 (Samsung HT-E5530 @S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung (S24H650 + 2x S24E650)
    Screen Resolution
    3360x1910 (AMD Eyefinity)
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba XG5 256GB,
    ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB,
    Samsung 870 QVO 1TB
    PSU
    BeQuiet Dark Power 11
    Case
    Corsair Carbide 330R Blackout
    Cooling
    Deepcool Maelstrom 240 RGB, 3x Deepcool CF140, 2x Deepcool CF120
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Master 2s
    Mouse
    Logitech K750 Solar
    Internet Speed
    Intel 8118
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Kaspersky Free, Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    Flydigi Vader 4 Pro
  • Operating System
    Win11 Home PL-PL (x64) Insider Canary
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5 3600
    Motherboard
    AsRock B450M Pro4 R2.0
    Memory
    16GB DDR3 3600 MHz (2x XPG GAMMIX D10)
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX Radeon RX6600 SPEEDSTER SWFT 210
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC892/897 (Onkyo TX-SR307)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG 47LS5600
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    SK Hynix BC501 256GB,
    Samsung 870 Evo 500GB,
    Samsung 860 QVO 1TB
    PSU
    BeQuiet System Power 550W
    Case
    Chieftec Pro Cube CI-02B-OP
    Cooling
    Endorfy Fera 5 Dual Fan
    Mouse
    Logitech K400 Plus
    Keyboard
    Logitech K400 Plus
    Internet Speed
    Realtek RTL8111H
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender UI, Malwarebytes
    Other Info
    Xbox One PUBG Controller
Experienced most of your problems! But my latest might help. I also decided to revert back to win 10 so used Macrium to put my last win 10 image back. All went OK except after a very short time I saw it was 40% into downloading win 11!! I hurriedly unplugged my ethernet cable while I thought about it. I rebooted, still with the ethernet cable out, and much to my great surprise, it was running win 11! How that happened when it hadn't fully downloaded the win 11 update I have no idea.

I then admitted defeat and re-imaged it with my latest win 11 image. So much for that exercise.

Now I am biding my time but facing the fact I will have to clean install win 10 when/if I get to the stage where MS stops allowing win 11 on a comp that doesn't meet their specs.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    windows 11 24H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex 3060
    CPU
    I5-8500
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    8GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Dell 24 inch
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    250GB NVMe SSD, 2x 250 GB SSD
    PSU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8500 CPU @ 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz
    Mouse
    Logitech M310t
    Internet Speed
    30/10
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Win Defender
  • Operating System
    Win 11 24H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Elitebook G3
    CPU
    I5-6300U
    Memory
    8GB
    Hard Drives
    256 SSD
It is possible to roll back to Windows 10

To do so, I first selected update settings to stop receiving insider builds
I then logged in to Windows insider site to select leaving the program

Downloaded Win 10 iso file on usb key

Started pc running Win 11, pluggeg usb key to have Windows installation program start the process

Message was displayed that nothing could be saved, apps and programs, but in my case learned years ago that C drive is only for Windows, programs and files to save on extra internal or external drive

All went well, only hope that when the update is offered oct 5th I will have the option to refuse it

Did it on Galaxy notebook and Alienware gaming laptop. Only had one unexpected issue, I play games with xbox game pass and downloaded games were wiped out even if they were on drive other then C

I want to roll back on my gaming tower but will have to decide if I keep xbox game pass before doing so

My reason to roll back : Microsoft have said that Intel cpu's of 7th generation did not qualify because Win 11 would slow the system, I expect it will slow all systems

An article just came out supporting my suspicion :

www.pcworld.com

Tested! Here's how much the new Windows security features hurt PC performance

We tested Intel's 4th- to 11th-gen Core processors and AMD's Ryzen 5000 CPU with Microsoft's Virtualization Based Security feature to see how much performance was hurt.
www.pcworld.com www.pcworld.com
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
Update Oct 5th, seems we no longer have the option of blocking updates other then for 7 days

Hoping that this tool will help prevent Win 11 of installing again, already notified in update that my pc's rolled back qualify

Windows update minitool

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Download Windows Update MiniTool 22.04.2022

Windows Update MiniTool is a free alternative to the standard Windows Update; it puts you in control of updates by allowing you to search, install, and block Windows updates as you please.
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
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