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Will a Win 7 back up be readable on another machine, just in case?
Once upon a time, I did a back up of XP prior to doing a clean install of Win 7. I was unable to open and use the Windows back up. I suspect it was "chained" to the XP serial number, and for security would not allow me to open it. (fortunately, I had DVD back up's to save me)
So my question is, if I back up with Win 7, and do a clean install for Win 10, is Microsoft going to "protect" me and not let me use my backed up data to reconstitute "Users" folders (docs, photos, music, etc)?
My test of a back up has always been to plug my back up drive into another computer to see if I can read it, but thats not doable for me right now.
Or should I just keep it simple and do the Win 10 as an upgrade?
I'm not anyone who has confidential documents, etc. beyond my dog's shot record.
Thanks in advance...