Fix: Unable to Rollback to Windows 8.1 From Windows 10 on Surface Pro 3

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Users can test the new Windows 10 Technical Preview on various Microsoft platforms, and Surface Pro 3 is one of them. But what if you have decided to stop using Windows 10 Technical Preview and go back to Windows 8.1, but your rollback feature doesn’t work? Don’t worry, we have a solution for that.Even people from Microsoft doesn’t recommend you to use Windows 10 Technical Preview as your everyday operating system, because it’s still has a lot of bugs (Microsoft also watches your every click with Windows 10, but that’sother story). One of the reported bugs is the error with Windows 10 rollback tool, as some users were unable to bring their old versions of Windows with it. Luckily, if you’re testing Windows 10 Technical Preview with Surface Pro 3, there’s an alternative solution if your rollback tool doesn’t work.

Every Surface device comes with a recovery image that allows you to reset your Surface to its factory settings. You can use this recovery image to create a recovery drive and and then install the factory version of Windows that came along with your Surface Pro 3. Recovery image requires 16GB of space, so using a 32GB USB flash drive is probably the best option.

First you’re going to need to create a recovery drive, and here’s how to do that:

Once you’ve created the recovery drive, you have to use it in order to uninstall Windows 10 Technical Preview and return your factory settings. To reset your operating system with USB recovery drive, follow these steps:

That should be all, if you have any other questions or suggestions, write them down in the comments section below.

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Fix: Unable to Rollback to Windows 8.1 From Windows 10 on Surface Pro 3