Will this work?

Hello

I am planning to upgrade one of my desktop computers to Win 10 to see
how it goes. The computer has two internal hard disks, and I regularly
clone C: to D:

My plan is to do a clone, then disconnect D: and install Win 10 onto C:


The theory being that if it doesn't work, or if I'm unhappy, I can
disconnect C: and reconnect D: and be back to running 8.1

Will that work, or does anything get stored in the UEFI/BIOS during the
Win 10 upgrade that would affect the D: drive?

Thanks

Il 28/08/2015 18:19, JIP ha scritto:
Hello

I am planning to upgrade one of my desktop computers to Win 10 to see
how it goes. The computer has two internal hard disks, and I regularly
clone C: to D:

My plan is to do a clone, then disconnect D: and install Win 10 onto C:


The theory being that if it doesn't work, or if I'm unhappy, I can
disconnect C: and reconnect D: and be back to running 8.1

Will that work, or does anything get stored in the UEFI/BIOS during the
Win 10 upgrade that would affect the D: drive?

Thanks

I did the same but I don't see why you have to disconnect D (W10 modify
C only).
Anyway I like W 10 and suppose I won't go back
Best Regards
Albert

Albert1 wrote:

Il 28/08/2015 18:19, JIP ha scritto:
Hello

I am planning to upgrade one of my desktop computers to Win 10 to
see how it goes. The computer has two internal hard disks, and I
regularly clone C: to D:

My plan is to do a clone, then disconnect D: and install Win 10
onto C:


The theory being that if it doesn't work, or if I'm unhappy, I can
disconnect C: and reconnect D: and be back to running 8.1

Will that work, or does anything get stored in the UEFI/BIOS during
the Win 10 upgrade that would affect the D: drive?

Thanks

I did the same but I don't see why you have to disconnect D (W10
modify C only). Anyway I like W 10 and suppose I won't go back
Best Regards
Albert

The disconnect is my paranoia - to make sure the upgrade cannot touch
the other drive in any way.

Albert1 wrote:

Il 28/08/2015 18:19, JIP ha scritto:
Hello

I am planning to upgrade one of my desktop computers to Win 10 to
see how it goes. The computer has two internal hard disks, and I
regularly clone C: to D:

My plan is to do a clone, then disconnect D: and install Win 10
onto C:


The theory being that if it doesn't work, or if I'm unhappy, I can
disconnect C: and reconnect D: and be back to running 8.1

Will that work, or does anything get stored in the UEFI/BIOS during
the Win 10 upgrade that would affect the D: drive?

Thanks

I did the same but I don't see why you have to disconnect D (W10
modify C only). Anyway I like W 10 and suppose I won't go back
Best Regards
Albert

So have you tried booting from your backupdrive to see if it loaded 8.1
without any problems?

Il 28/08/2015 18:34, JIP ha scritto:

The disconnect is my paranoia - to make sure the upgrade cannot touch
the other drive in any way.

Ok, disconnecting D the operation will be even safer (but I think is
un-necessary)
Enjoy
Albert

JIP wrote:
Albert1 wrote:

Il 28/08/2015 18:19, JIP ha scritto:
Hello

I am planning to upgrade one of my desktop computers to Win 10 to
see how it goes. The computer has two internal hard disks, and I
regularly clone C: to D:

My plan is to do a clone, then disconnect D: and install Win 10
onto C:


The theory being that if it doesn't work, or if I'm unhappy, I can
disconnect C: and reconnect D: and be back to running 8.1

Will that work, or does anything get stored in the UEFI/BIOS during
the Win 10 upgrade that would affect the D: drive?

Thanks

I did the same but I don't see why you have to disconnect D (W10
modify C only). Anyway I like W 10 and suppose I won't go back
Best Regards
Albert

So have you tried booting from your backupdrive to see if it loaded 8.1
without any problems?

As a general rule, when you clone from Drive1 to Drive2,
you disconnect Drive1 and boot Drive2 by itself (Drive1
not present) at least once. Otherwise, the initial boot
cycle becomes "confused" about what drive letter it should
be using. Once the clone has been booted by itself, you
can now disconnect Drive2 (safety clone, booted once), and
reconnect Drive1 (update candidate) and do your update.

*******

Instead, I like to use a backup software that comes
with its own boot CD. Instead of a clone, I image Drive1.
If the upgrade of Drive1 goes bad, I boot the backup software
boot CD, and restore from the data disk image, to make a
nice clean Drive1 again. This takes less space
than making a clone would. Making a drive image, only
takes as much space, as is actually being used on
the drive. A 1TB drive with 20GB C: partition, is only
going to need 20GB of storage somewhere for the intelligent
copy version of the drive image.

Paul

Il 28/08/2015 18:37, JIP ha scritto:
Albert1 wrote:

Il 28/08/2015 18:19, JIP ha scritto:

So have you tried booting from your backupdrive to see if it loaded 8.1
without any problems?


Not after I upgraded to windows 10 and I doubt I'll ever try because I
like windows 10 (after a deep "haircutting" of it :-) ).
But I've restored the image of my C partition lot of times and always
successfully ( I use Acronis True Image and/or Paragon HDD manager).
BTW I come from Windows 7
Best regards

On Fri, 28 Aug 2015 23:25:40 +0200, Albert1 wrote:

Il 28/08/2015 18:37, JIP ha scritto:
Albert1 wrote:

Il 28/08/2015 18:19, JIP ha scritto:

So have you tried booting from your backupdrive to see if it loaded 8.1
without any problems?


Not after I upgraded to windows 10 and I doubt I'll ever try because I
like windows 10 (after a deep "haircutting" of it :-) ).
But I've restored the image of my C partition lot of times and always
successfully ( I use Acronis True Image and/or Paragon HDD manager). BTW
I come from Windows 7 Best regards

Does anyone know if restoring a window 7 image after the upgrade without
doing the windows 10 rollback restores the validity of the system.

dave61430 wrote:
On Fri, 28 Aug 2015 23:25:40 +0200, Albert1 wrote:

Il 28/08/2015 18:37, JIP ha scritto:
Albert1 wrote:

Il 28/08/2015 18:19, JIP ha scritto:
So have you tried booting from your backupdrive to see if it loaded 8.1
without any problems?


Not after I upgraded to windows 10 and I doubt I'll ever try because I
like windows 10 (after a deep "haircutting" of it :-) ).
But I've restored the image of my C partition lot of times and always
successfully ( I use Acronis True Image and/or Paragon HDD manager). BTW
I come from Windows 7 Best regards

Does anyone know if restoring a window 7 image after the upgrade without
doing the windows 10 rollback restores the validity of the system.

Strictly speaking, you wouldn't expect both copies
of the OS to remain activated forever. They can
accept the last attempt at activation, as the
customer designated choice if they want. With no
stated policy (that I've seen), just about anything
could happen.

Like, when August 1, 2016 arrives (end of the free upgrade
era), they could decide on that day, whether the last OS activated
represents the customer choice, and stick with that choice from
that day forward.

Paul