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Are you saying a WIN 7 Activation code will always be usable for WIN 7 (even if that WIN 7 OS has been upgraded to WIN 10 and activated as an upgraded WIN 10 and the 30 day rollback option period is expired)? Is there any Microsoft or other site that you may be aware of that gets into more details of this ? Thanks
Recovery options in Windows 10 - Windows Help
Click the last link on this page, "Go back to your previous version of Windows" and read the points under "If go back isn't available"
Going back to the cloned Windows 7 would be exactly the same as restoring a factory image - you would just be using your cloning software to do it instead.