Remove Win 8 and reinstall Win 7

I want to buy a new PC only supplied with Win 8 pre-installed, and I would like to replace it with Win 7 (32-bit, I can upgrade to 64 - bit later if I can do it) and avoid having to re - install all my software application.  I was wondering if the following actions are possible and would result in a system that works with Win 7.

(1) use Windows Easy Transfer to save on everything, to install Win 7 on my drive purchased copy (not an upgrade), to restore from the Windows Easy Transfer.

Or

(2) create a system image on an external USB drive (I do already this week as a backup), install Win 7 on the purchased copy, then restore from system image booting from a system repair disc.

Or

(3) just boot from a system repair disc and restore by using the image of the system on the USB.

I guess I have to contact MS support to change the license for the new PC.

It would be necessary to reformat first at a low level to remove all partitions created for the installation of Win 8?

None of the tasks you describe can achieve what you want - it will have to reinstall all your applications.

1 easy transfer is simply a tool for transferring system settings not nothing else.

2.3 an image restore restores the system drive in the State in which it was at the time wherever the image was made.  Restore an image completely replaces the contents of the drive.  Restore an image restores the operating system in use when the image was made.

2, 3 [more] in case you considered the use of the image of your Win7 existing to restore to your new computer, you can usually not an image on a system and then restore it to another [as a way to avoid the installation of the application] that all pilots of the system component will be wrong and the system may not work quite well with bad drivers to allow you to work through update drivers for good.  Acronis TI 2015 says he can manage this process and the claim might be true, as far as I know.

If you install a 32 bit OS and you subsequently install a 64 bit OS [assuming that your system can handle], change requires an installation not complete an upgrade which will overwrite the system drive.

Given the delays, you might well be better off waiting for Windows 10 be released and then upgrade your computer to this new operating system.  Alternatively, if you can wait a few months, you could buy a new computer with Windows 10 already installed.

If you are determined to install Windows 7 so be very careful who you buy from that there are a lot of fakes for sale.  Amazon would be a cheap but reliable supplier Amazon, eBay and a stall in your local market may not be.  Buy from someone you can count on to complain to in three years if the licence proves to be invalid - these sellers would not likely to sell you a fake in the first place.

Change a BONE *, it's always a big step.  Among your preparations should be checked only

1 the PC manufacturer provides drivers for the 32/64 bit OS you want to change

2 the manufacturer of material for your devices [your printer and scanner] provides 32/64-bit drivers for the operating system you want to change

3 your application software runs in your desired 32/64 bit OS.

* The move from a 32-bit to 64-bit OS would be as serious because if you think about that, for example, drivers unable to your material even if 64-bit 32-bit drivers are available.

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