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What if I roll back
Dear Friends,
I have 2 systems. One is a laptop, which came pre-installed with Windows 8.1 (64 bit). Another is a PC, which I built myself (bought all the components- motherboard, processor, RAM, HDD etc.) and installed an OEM version of Windows 7 Home Basic (64 bit) on it.
As I understand, users with genuine Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on their systems will have the chance to upgrade their system to Windows 10 by July 29, 2016. And if they do not like Windows 10, then they will also be allowed to roll back to previous versions of Windows within a month of upgrade to Windows 10. But if one does roll back, the the updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 will continue beyond the deadline ie July 29, 2016? This deadline has nothing to do with future update for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, correct?
If I upgrade both of my systems on the very last day of free upgrade to Windows 10 ie July 29, 2016 and roll back to previous versions of Windows within less than a month (as indicated by Microsoft itself), say Aug 28/29, 2016, is it OK?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...10-upgrade-faq
- If it's been less than a month since you've upgraded to Windows 10, you'll be able to go back to your previous version of Windows from Settings > Update & security > Recovery.
But, once the deadline for the free upgrade to Windows 10 goes by ie July 29, 2016 - I will not be able to upgrade both of my systems to Windows 10, no matter what, right?
As mentioned earlier, my laptop came pre-installed with Windows 8.1 (64 bit) and I have not been provided the original Windows installation disc and instead I have been asked to create a repair disc/system image discs, if I need to re-install Windows 8.1 - in case of system not booting or other problems. Then how will I be able to do a clean install of Windows 8.1, if I want to?
While my PC has an OEM version of Windows 7 Home Basic (64 bit) installed on it by myself only - since I was provided a disc. So as I understand- I will be able to install Windows 7 on my PC as many times as I want, right?
Any idea, as to how long Microsoft will continue to offer update for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1?
Thanks a lot.