Back To Windows 7?

My wife has an Acer laptop that's over 10 years old which came with 7 and was auto updated to 10 by MS. It's quite slow despite ridding it of unused programs, etc. Before buying a new one, I'd like to try to go back to 7 to see if there is a significant pick up in speed.

Does this make sense and if so, what is the best way to do it. She just uses this PC for email and internet so I'm not concerned about losing MS support as there's nothing of value on it.

 

what are the specs of the laptop would be a great help.

 

Acer laptop, 3 GB memory, 250 GB HD, CPU TF-20, AMD Anthlon64. Thanx...

 

The best way to revert back is to download a windows 7 ISO file if you havn't got the disc and download rufus and make a bootable usb stick and reload windows 7 from that

 

Thank you!

 

Adding to this

If it came with Windows 7, then it may still be possible to access the recovery partition, and revert back to Windows 7 (I know Microsoft did say that the free update could not be reversed to W7, but I have managed to on some systems, using the original recovery method of the laptop.(It is often still in the programs list)

 

Acer recovery is usually accessed by holding down the Alt button, and tapping F10,as the logo shows on startup-
This can be a bit hit and miss,but you might look at these links to see what others used ,including using a Windows 7 disc.
https://forums.tomsguide.com/threads/acer-aspire-s3-recovery-partition-alt-f10-doesnt-work.330726/
Scroll down to post number #18 (Dog Vallis 'post) might give you a nice clean re-install of W7, with all drivers and original bumf.

 

If you haven't done a system clean-up, you might be able to roll back to Windows 7. See this article for the details:

How to go back to Windows 7 or 8 after an unwanted Windows 10 upgrade
https://www.pcworld.com/article/307...r-8-after-an-unwanted-windows-10-upgrade.html​

On a related note: for a laptop that old, you should take a look at Linux Mint. It runs very well on lightweight computers, especially the Xfce edition. And it's a "live" installer: you can boot off the installation disc/flash drive and "take it for a spin" without installing anything on your computer's internal drive. Linux Mint covers all the basics: web browser, e-mail, productivity suite (LibreOffice), multimedia player, etc. If you can use Windows 7, you'll get the hang of Mint in about 2 minutes.

 

Linux Mint is another great Operating System and it's easy to transition from a windows user to Linux Mint in no time at all.