Question Reverting back to windows 10 after upgrade
Question Reverting back to windows 10 after upgrade
If I let Microsoft handle the Windows 11 upgrade on my Windows 10 Home laptop, I would first create a clone backup of my Windows 10 hard drive onto a Samsung 500 gb SSD. My concern is whether I could later reinstall that clone back into the original hard drive if I don’t like Windows 11. I wonder if the upgrade affects the BIOS in a way specific to Windows 11.
Thanks,
BH
Not sure why it wouldn't work, but I can't figure out the reason.
Prefer using imaging instead of a clone to another drive so you keep your current one, rather than installing a new 500 GB drive if you wanted to go back to 10.
I'm currently on 10, but I thought version 11 might have a feature that lets you revert to 10 for about 30 days.
No harm in doing a backup, but as long as you upgrade to 11 from the Windows Update, it will back up all the win 10 OS stuff and store it on the drive. This is not an option, the backup will be made like it or not.
So if/when you decide to roll back to 10, you can do it with very easily.
If you choose to stay on 11, you will have an option to delete the backed up 10 stuff. It's around 5-6 Gb.
The option to delete it is somewhere in Windows Update.
I am not aware of any 30 day limit. You can keep the option for as long as it's possible. Maybe some future update to 11 makes it un-possible to go back to 10 but that hasn't happened yet, and honestly i don't see it ever happening. The Win 10 backup image was made to replace your Win 11 once you no longer want it.
Microsoft knows many people are on the fence and want a painless rollback available.
Maybe someone who has rolled back to 10 can share their experience.
Edit - you should look at online advice on how to disable Bing search from your start menu, and how to disable news widgets and other crap that 11 comes with by default.
Of course, it's your decision but it's much cleaner without the junk.
Thank you both. The clone backup has been completed and I've begun the 11 download. We'll observe the outcome.
I was aware of the rollback feature but wasn't sure about its reliability. If I'm not satisfied with version 11, I'll attempt that first.
I found some online information suggesting the rollback would last for 10 days. Who knows how accurate that is or whether it's still valid now.
Much appreciated,
BH
Upgrade finished successfully and everything worked fine. I was dealing with crash and blue screen issues, but the upgrade resolved them. A reinstall of Windows 10 didn’t help, so it was likely a clean install of 10 or 11, or a hardware/heat problem. I thought it was software-related, so I went ahead with the upgrade. The process was pretty safe since a clone was running in the background. Thanks again.
I’m satisfied with Windows 11. It’s quite similar to Windows 10. As someone who likes technology, I think I’ll need to support this soon, so I’ll probably begin experimenting.