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Reverting a Windows 10 Upgrade back to Windows 7...is it easy with ATI 2018?

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I just want to make sure that if I backup the EFI and System partitions running Windows 7, that after I upgrade to Windows 10, I can rely on an Acronis TI2018 Restore process to revert back to the original Windows 7 state without any issues (or if there are, what they might be.)

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Chasewick...you should perform a 'disk' mode backup of your OS drive just prior to performing the upgrade to Windows 10.  You should also use the 'full partition list' to confirm all partitions are selected.  Here's a pic:

DiskModeBackup.jpg

Keep this backup in a safe place...

You can then start a new backup task after the upgrade.  

If you need to revert back to Windows 7, you would restore the entire (Windows 7) backup.  If there are any data files from the Windows 10 backup that you want, you could open the Windows 10 backup by double clicking in Windows Explorer and copy/paste the folders you want from the Windows 10 backup.  This would have to be done after the Windows 7 restore.