Returning an Acer e-machine to factory settings

[Clive]

I have an Acer e-Machine netbook which our old friend Rik suggested I should buy back in 2010.  It originally run on Windows 7 Starter and was upgraded to 2Gb RAM.  Last year I downloaded Win 10 which worked for a few months until a major Win 10 update hung and the machine would no longer connect to the Internet.  The OS is partitioned and I believe I can return it to factory settings by pressing Alt and F10 during boot.  I'd be quite happy to stay with Win 7 but would it download all the Win 7 updates if the original OS didn't come with Service Pack 2? 

[Clive]

I've managed to get the machine back on the Internet but gosh it's painfully slow!  A cumulative update for Windows 10 is available so I'm trying to download it. 

[Simon]

I would guess that after a factory reset, it would download all of it's previous updates via Windows Updates, to bring Windows 7 up to date.  But that is just a guess.   

[Technical Ben]

Sometimes (I think every time), Win 10 deletes the "recovery" partition and replaces it with their own one... with a Window 10 install. So results may vary on success on reverting to Windows 7.

[Clive]

The update could take a few hours so I'll have to leave it overnight and see what happens. 

[Clive]

Sometimes (I think every time), Win 10 deletes the "recovery" partition and replaces it with their own one... with a Window 10 install. So results may vary on success on reverting to Windows 7.

Oh brilliant!  Not!  Thanks for that pro tip Ben.   

[Clive]

Well, I've managed to get this little machine working again.  Back on the internet and all Windows Updates downloaded.  Now Glenn tells me another massive update is on the way - what could possibly go wrong?   

[Den]

Go for it Clive. It is already available on you computer now. I know my desktop is quite fast but it is now even faster. It has also made a big difference to my laptop as well. 

[Clive]