How to downgrade from Windows 11 24H2 to 23H2 without losing any data

Anonymous
2024-10-30T13:25:39+00:00

I upgraded my laptop to Windows 11 24H2 since October 4 2024 using it's installation assistant, but after nearly a month of using it, I've ran into having bugs, issues and slow Windows startup speeds.

I can't stand with bugs on 24H2 anymore, so my last option is to probably roll back to Windows 11 23H2, but the "rollback option" was greyed out for over 10 days.

Is it possible to downgrade to Windows 11 23H2 without losing any data? Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-16T13:15:30+00:00

    24H2 - my system wont go to sleep by timer anymore. it just hangs with blank screen and fans revved up. no reaction on anything except hard poweroff

    **** is wrong with 24H2? how to fix it?

    *updated everything inc. bios

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-12T11:57:48+00:00

    24H2 Oct 1 Relased we All Rushed Out to get Broke Are file system Microsoft Knew this Before they Release it

    The Removed Key Feature files In Regedit or Deleated The I had to go On My sendcomputer with the same OS System And Copy the windows back UP from there To Prove a Point what Microsft did.

    these toy Upgrade they did only fixed one thing but Disabled and dleated any chance of Going back to 23H2 after 1 Day the Go Back Feature was Greayed Out Not Surprising at all MS new what they where doi g when they removed the files.

    I Had to gett Some with More Experience then the chat people working for MS And they Point all the file back Up this new Windows 11 removes And they made Note of the Important MS should Not have touched in RELEASING a Bata version oct 1 yes it was the beta tester MS could be More Exsplicit about this but they just Pushed it any any again it's happened before .

    MICROSOFT Tell's Us not to Put BETA VERSION on are PCs In Fact what they Just did was Beta On the Oct 1 .iso it's wasn't a STABLE RELEASE Nice Microsoft .

    REMOVE it be you cause any more Damage to peoples Operating systems .

    Last Only way To Remove 24H2 is to reset my pc and go back to the operating system that came with my PC and Loose the files that didn't come with my PC

    WRONG it Put 24H2 thinking 23H3 was 24H2 and wiped out all my Original OS backups Hid renamed or Dlealeted the Back Ups that the Update 84 was supposto fix the bug's it did a lot more damage then Help . I Hadn't had Time to do a Full back Up was setting Up A brand New PC From The Manifacture There Also Are WELL AWARE WHAt you're Latest Update does. to there systems .

    from the Pc manifacture I gaves videos and Screen shots of the files setting's 24H2 And Microsoft got rid of .

    what should happen that Old Troubble shooting some features In Are "USELESS the Pc Reset is what go back to Previos verions that came with You're pc You Retaine All personal Files And Setting before The Upgrade Did Like windowss 10 did this one feature Microsoft should be doing Now that they Messed Up peoples systems and Lying to then Once again . No More excuses Microsoft .

    They wan'ted to Put it On Microsoft Cloud system - This The Auto Pop Up feature Micro soft feaurre Pop Insist you and leads right to the page the this Pc Mini was Brand New didn't sign Up for a cloud system But it states I have the Same Manifactures from my Other PC files But Gues what There empty on Microsft's Cloud system and stop my pc a Gimic to get the Customer such as my self you pay for more store we don't have to sue Microsoft Cloud Store it's an Option unless you have the Disaibled when you set you're pc and use an external drive the way it should be cause if you can't get into you're Pc Troubble shooting the system won't use the back up in this 24H2

    My Old System On it took up the Origonal back up the new PC was Blocked and the Pop up stated I need to pay for a new Out when it comes with the Storage default system .. so again Big Screw up. think One OS systems another this I Will Not Have AI On My system At all. it will have to be regulated before and they Must Follow the rules or they can't post it in there systems .

    and this is another Big problem

    and don't use the Windows 7 back up thats in Control Panel Microsoft Finally Admit's it's also useless by kept it with Updating it with a stable faster version .

    All System Back ups of any Kind fail right at the end . all the fails MS took out the all show up Blocked the system to back up the entire system .there Nothing wrong with my system On what Micrsoft Blocking and Removing files and deleted and Hid them did .

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-06T07:28:01+00:00

    If you still want to go forward and you saw an error unable to deal with in 24H2 and don't want to go through all the trouble reversing back to 23H2. You can type "help" in the windows search on your taskbar and in the items that comes up click on "Get Help" and when a dialog comes up type "help" again this time you should see the button "Contact Support" and then choose your product, and go for technical support. This should be a free support from Microsoft as they are aware of these types of issues and are willing to help as they would want you to always go forward and not backward. I had a similar issue and got help this way. I hope this helps!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-03T23:11:49+00:00

    I'm going to correct some of the MS Employees and the MS Chat room tech support here "YEAS you Can go back to 23H2 the that came with you're PC my pc manifacture has it on there web the version that came with my pc I don't have to do a clean Install <--- -----> I can down greade like the 60 dat GO back you set in register edit just have you're back up file it's compressed in windows.old they didn't wipe it cause you can still use you're files fro there If you have the training and the chatters here know this Or I should get the person that worked for MS he should be how to do find the file then activate the goback in the cmd pulling the file from the cmd through the windows .old ......and it worked I used to do this all the time with win 2000 to windows Me admin dvd i still have them lol The commands are the same you just have to add the Older verions back prevision vions and turn them on then you can can install them MS turned these off with ea new verions of windows if you know how to turn back go for it you can get all you're files and personal folds back and not loose a thing

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  5. DaveM121 934.2K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-11-01T08:31:42+00:00

    Yes, that is correct, it is the only method to get back to version 23H2 now, were you able to find a 23H2 ISO to perform the clean install of Windows 11?

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