Hi Mapman,
I can’t answer your question, but regardless of what the answer may be I personally would not want to upgrade to 10 without first using a good drive imaging program (I use Terabyte Unlimited’s "Image for Windows") to create an image file of my complete "c" drive or partition, that I could restore if need be. And also separately backing up any data files created or modified while 10 is in use, so they could be written into the restored image if need be.
As you probably realize, if one does the free upgrade to 10 there is a 30 day period in which the OS can supposedly be reverted to the one that was upgraded (7 or 8.1), but I wouldn’t feel comfortable relying on that. For example, in this Microsoft document I note a statement that "if you go back to Windows 8.1, some apps that came with Windows, like Mail and People, might not work anymore. To fix them, reinstall them from the Store."
Best regards,
-- Al
I can’t answer your question, but regardless of what the answer may be I personally would not want to upgrade to 10 without first using a good drive imaging program (I use Terabyte Unlimited’s "Image for Windows") to create an image file of my complete "c" drive or partition, that I could restore if need be. And also separately backing up any data files created or modified while 10 is in use, so they could be written into the restored image if need be.
As you probably realize, if one does the free upgrade to 10 there is a 30 day period in which the OS can supposedly be reverted to the one that was upgraded (7 or 8.1), but I wouldn’t feel comfortable relying on that. For example, in this Microsoft document I note a statement that "if you go back to Windows 8.1, some apps that came with Windows, like Mail and People, might not work anymore. To fix them, reinstall them from the Store."
Best regards,
-- Al