Windows 10: will 8.1 backups still work

Good morning,

I am waiting to receive my reserved copy of Windows 10. I am curious if my Acronis disk images of Win 8.1 will still work after upgrading to Win10?

Thanks and regards,


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My Win 7 upgraded to 10 computer died, new computer is Win 8 that I've upgraded to 10, how can I restore the Win 7 back up files?

Answered on the "How To Geek" forum. Worked perfectly.

How to Restore Windows 7 Backups on Windows 8.1 or 10
Windows 8 offered support for restoring Windows 7 backups, but Microsoft removed this feature in Windows 8.1. There’s still a way to restore your files from Windows 7 backups on Windows 8.1 or 10, but it’ll
take a bit more work.

 

Will programs I currently have still work or will this update delete? (i.e., Microsoft Office)

I purchased Microsoft Office 2013. Will the update delete this or will it still be loaded on my computer?

 

Maybe! Before I upgraded to Windows 10, I cloned my system to a removable hard drive. I ran into problems with the Windows 10 upgrade so I cloned back from my removable hard drive to my drive C:. Windows 8.1 Pro started up and everything seemed to be working fine until it stopped working fine. *cry I ended up doing a clean install of Windows 10.

Right now this Windows 10 system seems very stable and everything I need installed and updated. If I need to go back to Windows 8.1 for anything, I will disconnect the Internet and boot from my removable drive.

 

Hi alkaufmann ,

I appreciate your answer and hope you have a good day. I'll just keep my fingers crossed when I take the plunge.

Thanks and regards,