Windows 10: Windows 10 upgrade from Home (SL) to Pro

I have a pre-installed Windows 10 Home Single Language available on my laptop, and I want to use Docker, which needs Hyper-V (not available on Windows Home), so I'm thinking of upgrading my Windows 10 to Pro version.

I bought an OEM license for Windows 10 Pro from Kinguin, and basically I cannot just normally upgrade my Home version to Pro. It needs to be a clean install.

So is there a way I can save my current version of Windows 10 Home to a bootable/backup drive, so that I can revert back to this if things go wrong for with my Pro license ?

I looked into this:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-make-full-backup-windows-10
and it seems cool, but clearly specifies that
" Starting with Windows 10 version 1709, Microsoft is no longer maintaining the System Image Backup feature. "

And I'm not sure if I should use this method. Are there any alternative methods to back up? I just need to make sure I can fall back to my current installed version.

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