Windows – ny risk when upgrading Windows 10 to Windows 10 Professional

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I have been using Windows 10 for a long time now and want to upgrade to Windows 10 Professional, but I have a lot of files on this computer I want to keep, most of them are backed up but not all. If I upgrade will this remove my files?

Best Answer

The upgrade is supposed to work

If you upgrade without backing up any data loss would be your fault. Even though the upgrade should work properly, I never do them. Any issues in your current OS will just be migrated to the new.

You may feel like your OS is good and clean but chances are you have something in there from the time you have been using. Perhaps even some malware. Who knows?

I suggest this:

  • Perform a Full Backup

  • Format Your Current System

  • Install the New OS

  • Restore Your Data from Backup

This will insure your data integrity should something fail during the upgrade. You can avoid the upgrade altogether and go down the longer road to get to a nice clean OS without issues and ALL your data.

You reduce the risk of something occurring that could be disastrous and rather than rolling the dice and hoping everything goes well you just go through a process to ensure that everything will go well. If something goes horribly wrong, who cares. You have your data. This is the no stress method IMO>

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