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Upgrading Win8.1 to Win10: Best way to insure fallback capability
I have a fairly new HP Laptop, 16GB RAM, 64bitOS, 1TB HDD, built-in CD/DVD burner. I just finished creating a rescue DVD using Macrium Reflect Free. I'm caught in the "automatic free upgrade" pending upgrade from Win8.1 to Win10 pushed from Microsoft scheduled for 2 days from now. I keep rescheduling/delaying the upgrade until I have created a local system image backup on one of my drives using Macrium Reflect Free. My internal C boot drive has 230GB used and 690GB unused. I have another external HDD with 372GB used and 558GB unused (drive F). I just added a new 1TB HDD My Passport Ultra with 930GB unused (drive G). I'm planning to dedicate this drive to system image backups only.
I'm seeing comments on the web strongly suggesting a system image backup of Win8.1 prior to upgrading to Win10.
1) Is there a way I can remove myself from the "MS Win10 upgrade robot" until I feel I'm ready?
2) What's the best I can do to insure I could go back to Win8.1 with the system image that existed before upgrading to Win10?
3) What else should I be considering to insure I have sound backup and restore capability?