expeditionist
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Hi
Help answering a few questions please, would be appreciated ...
If I revert from Win 10 back to Win 8.1 by restoring an old Macrium system image, am I going to have any activation issues under Win 8.1?
And given that Win 10 has now been activated on my machine, what'll happen if I keep Win 8.1 until after 29th July next year and then decide that I need/want Win 10 after all? My machine's Win 10 activation is on Microsoft's servers now, so maybe as a result of that, I'll now be able to put Win 10 back after the free upgrade offer deadline? Or will reverting to Win 8.1 undo that ability?
And also, another option for me is to revert to Win 8.1 as suggested above, and then dual boot with Win 10 on a second SSD using as my update license, an old deactivated copy of Win 7 Home Premium Retail that I have from an old machine. How long will it be until the newly publicised option is available to clean install a Win 10 ISO using Win 7 or Win 8 license keys rather than having to do the annoying in place upgrade before being able to clean install?
Thanks
Help answering a few questions please, would be appreciated ...
If I revert from Win 10 back to Win 8.1 by restoring an old Macrium system image, am I going to have any activation issues under Win 8.1?
And given that Win 10 has now been activated on my machine, what'll happen if I keep Win 8.1 until after 29th July next year and then decide that I need/want Win 10 after all? My machine's Win 10 activation is on Microsoft's servers now, so maybe as a result of that, I'll now be able to put Win 10 back after the free upgrade offer deadline? Or will reverting to Win 8.1 undo that ability?
And also, another option for me is to revert to Win 8.1 as suggested above, and then dual boot with Win 10 on a second SSD using as my update license, an old deactivated copy of Win 7 Home Premium Retail that I have from an old machine. How long will it be until the newly publicised option is available to clean install a Win 10 ISO using Win 7 or Win 8 license keys rather than having to do the annoying in place upgrade before being able to clean install?
Thanks
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8.1 x64 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 5820K Haswell-E 6-Cored 3.60GHz Processor (Overclocked up to 4.2 GHz)
- Motherboard
- Asus X99-S Intel X99 Motherboard
- Memory
- 32GB Corsair DDR4 2133MHz Memory (4 x 8GB sticks)
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Graphics Card
- Monitor(s) Displays
- BenQ BL3201PT and NEC EA261WM and Sony SDM-HS94P
- Screen Resolution
- multi
- Hard Drives
- 256GB Samsung 850 Pro Solid State Drive
250GB Crucial MX550 Solid State Drive
2 x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200rpm Hard Disk - 6Gbps
4TB WD Black
- PSU
- Corsair RM 750 Modular 750W GOLD Certified PSU
- Case
- Fractal Design Define R4
- Cooling
- Corsair Hydro Series H100i
- Antivirus
- Kaspersky Internet Security 2015 & Malwarebytes AntiMalware