Yoga 2 Pro Downgrade Win 8 to Win 7 ??

I'm done with Win 8.1. It's unstable with some of my primary apps (Thunderbird, etc..)
Is it possible to downgrade my Yoga 2 Pro from Win 8.1 to Win 7?
I don't see Win 7 drivers listed on the Lenovo download site.
Guess I'm outta luck?

Dear Drizzy
Welcome to Lenovo forums
Windows 7 has limited support now as it is not 100 % certain you will find all the drivers and also downgrading will lead to the loss of the recovery option in your machine.
if ypu installed windows 7 you will need a new liscence key and you will not be able to get to the factory settings using the recovery
Please let us know what problems you are facing with windows 8.1 and we will try to help you with them
you can read the info about windows 8.1 refresh from the below link if that might help
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc
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