Rescuing Win 7

[barsim]

Hi,

If something goes wrong while upgrading to Win 10, can I go back to Win 7, I have the 7 full backup by Macrium Reflect and its Rescue media?

Thank you
barsim

 

[maxseven]

Sure, though the safest way to do this might be: make a backup of your current system, recover that backup to a new drive, install the new drive to your computer, and put the computer's current good drive away for safe keeping, upgrading lastly the new/newly-installed drive instead.

Clearly I am being super-conservative to recommend a 2nd drive but there's almost no way to mess it up.

 

[barsim]

Dear maxseven,

Thank you for suggestion.

 

[samuria]

Win 10 gives you the option to roll back for 30 days

 

[Alejandro85]

This is one of the few times where images are good as a backup. Simply blow up the whole failed downgrade and overwrite by the known-good Win7 install.

If you lack an image, the only sure way to return to a fully operational state is a clean install. The failed downgrade may also fail to restore the functioning previous install.

 

[RolandJS]

If you use MR to restore a full image, do not use Delta Rapid Restore, use the option that completely overwrites the OS partition.

 

[barsim]

Win 10 gives you the option to roll back for 30 days

Hello samuria,

Thank you for your suggestion.
Could you expand on this? Practically I'm a novice user.

Thank you
barsim