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

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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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Anonymous

2025-03-15T10:39:49+00:00

You're not going to like it, but there are now 3rd party Linux drivers, so it looks like that's the only option after the forced march to 24H2 later this year. Just because Microsoft have blocked use of their own drivers in Windows now, doesn't mean they've unblocked the option to use the already developed 3rd-party ones.

I hope then that if there's 3rd party drivers for Linux then somebody makes some work on Windows.

Reallyyyyyyyyyy don't understand this decision from Microsoft, I understand not think it's worth their time anymore, but blocking their own drivers entirely so people cannot use their hardware is daft.

And I suppose I should look at my options in general if the update is going to be forced on us.
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2025-03-12T15:59:03+00:00

You're not going to like it, but there are now 3rd party Linux drivers, so it looks like that's the only option after the forced march to 24H2 later this year. Just because Microsoft have blocked use of their own drivers in Windows now, doesn't mean they've unblocked the option to use the already developed 3rd-party ones.
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