


Macrium Reflect (MR) provides a FREE version that can be used to image and restore partitions or entire drives: ġ) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR)Ģ) Run MR and choose the option: "Create an image of the partition(s) required to backup and restore Windows" to write a full backup to an external drive or USB stickģ) Use the option to create a boot USB stick or CD Understand, though, that ANY upgrade runs the risk of trashing your PC (as it did mine), and there is no guarantee in advance that it will even work, when done!īefore doing this, to be SAFE, I strongly recommend that you do an image backup of your PC to a large USB stick or external drive BEFORE you attempt this Update: So, I used a different way - that worked! I, too, tried the Upgrade using Windows Update, and like with the original Upgrade, it has proven to be the least reliable way to do it. So, you can imagine my surprise when the AU trashed my PC - to the degree that I restored it from an image backup. My desktop has been running Win10 without problems since the earliest days of the Insider Preview over a year ago and it's sailed through Update after Update without problems. The previous was 10586 this is 14393 - and the community Win10 forums are awash with folks whose machines, which had previously been running Win10 without problems, SUDDENLY developed problems either trying to install this Update, or after installing this Update. He Anniversary Update (AU) is a whole NEW version of Win10.
