Windows 10 Reset?

Hey, i'm new to this forum and i have no idea if i'm posting this in the right section, but i got one simple question and i really haven't been able to find an answer to this. My question is i bought my pc with windows 8 then windows 8.1 came out etc so i updated to that. Windows 10 came then and i upgraded to that also. I'm thinking on doing a full reset of my pc soon and i am wondering that if i decide to reset after windows 10 is not free anymore, will i still be able to get back to it since i updated before?

When i decide to reset, do i have to go back to windows 8 and then update to windows 10 from there or can i just reset to windows 10?

I just did this Windows 10 reset when I had to change the motherboard. I did the reset and got the not activated, called Phone support and the guy said to input the windows 7 key and once I did it activated fine...Went from AMD to Intel.

When you say reset, do you mean select the reset option within Windows 10? I would do something else. Check that you definitely are activated. Make backups of all your files - documents, pictures, music, videos, download file, export bookmarks to html and back up that file. Which is something you normally do anyway. When everything is backed up, burn a disc of Windows 10 ISO for the correct product you currently run (ie Home or Professional, 32 bit or 64 bit).

Then do a clean install of Windows 10. I found my machine worked way better after a clean install than a reset. You get a nice new squeaky clean install and just put your antivirus back on and copy your files back.

Unless - are you saying you might want the option to go back to Windows 8.1? Unless you made a System image, or have recovery disks made for Windows 8, before upgrading to Windows 10 that probably isn't possible now (unless you installed Windows 8 from a retail disk). If you do have recovery disks, a system image and a Windows 8 repair disk, then it's win win really. You get a nice clean install of Windows 10 and can reinstall Windows 8 in the future if you want. (The same product key/activation is used for Windows 10 and the original Windows 8 though and it could be fiddly getting Windows 8 activated again.