

As the system drive is locked along with all the system folders, one cannot restore earlier version of Windows while Windows 10 is running. Actually, one can, but we all know what the results would be. One cannot cut the branch on which he or she is sitting on. Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation. Your installation key will be enabled automatically once the download is complete and the installer initializes. The installer will download Windows PE as additional files which are around 500 MB in size. You must be connected to the internet to do that. Macrium Reflect is free for personal use and you will be getting a free key while you install the application. Once everything is in place, it’s time to install Macrium Reflect to begin the back up process. You will also need a USB drive of minimum 2 GB to create the rescue media.Run IObit Uninstaller and uninstall any program that you don’t use and is simply eating up space on the hard drive. Delete all the temp and unnecessary files. Do a thorough cleaning of your system drive.But it’s highly advisable to use an external hard drive if the option is available. If you have enough space on your logical drives, that’s great. The size of the backup will be huge as it entails creating a mirror image of the entire system drive.This backup must be made before you upgrade your PC to Windows 10.Everything will be same and there will be no traces that you even upgraded your Windows. Using Macrium Reflect you can capture the image of your Windows system drive and if you don’t like the Windows 10 update, you can restore to the said image. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered if you haven’t upgraded to Windows 10 yet.
