Using the Recovery Partition after clean windows install

[d4v3d]

Hello, I did a clean install with Windows 10 on my Acer One 10 S1002. The problem is the touch screen is not working I have tried everything but just didnt work. I did the installation clean but I did not delete the old recovery partition of 7 gb.

Now I want to go back to Windows 8 using that partition but If I try to do so the system use the Windows 10 recovery partition and It just make a clean Windows 10 install. I tried deleting that partition (the windows 10 one) and neither detect the old recovery partition.

Any ideas how can I use that partition?
Thank you

 

[captaincharisma]

unless the computer has its own recovery utility like one you can launch at startup or a special key on the laptop i don't think there is any way to go back to windows 8 without getting another copy of it.

 

[mcnumpty23]

turn it on while holding the alt key and tapping the f10 key

should go to the recovery partition

 

[d4v3d]

It doesnt go to the recovery partition anymore when pressing F10. Before installing Windows 10 F10 worked perfectly.

 

[mcnumpty23]

then guess you messed up the boot record in some way even if you didnt delete the recovery partition

 

[d4v3d]

Exactly. Now if I use another method to go to the Recovery mode it gets the Windows 10 Recovery Partition, I have no way to go to the old partition even I if use a Windows 8.1 ISO >.< I tried deleting the Windows 10 Recovery Partition and it doesnt detect any recovery partition after that. But I still can see that 7 gb partition in any partition manager

 

[mcnumpty23]

could try using easybcd to add the recovery partition to the boot entries i guess

 

[d4v3d]

oh well fortunately I got the touch screen working on windows 10 so I dont have to worry about that backup. Thank you and @captaincharisma