Watch This BEFORE Upgrading to Windows 11

Watch This BEFORE Upgrading to Windows 11
Before you start to upgrade to Windows 11 to try it, remember you only have 10 days to roll back to Windows 10 and the worst part is Microsoft keeps your programs and apps during the upgrade to Windows 11, but if roll back, you lose you programs and apps. So been warned.
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#windows11 #windows10 #tech

[@mr.j2776]

Every time I think I am brave enough to upgrade to 11, I see one of these videos, and I think: "I'll wait".

[@Britec09]

Makes sense

[@mlando73]

Windows 11 is pretty cool, you'll like it

[@Robert-sl7jo]

@@mlando73 Is that a joke? I thought Windows 10 was bad but found Windows 11 is absolute garbage. I have an app that makes Windows 10 look like and operate like Windows 7

[@mr.j2776]

@@mlando73 I'm sure I will... the question is, will my wife? 😦

[@platterjockey]

What makes Windows 10 bad and Windows 11 garbage? People throw these words around and never articulate specifically why they don't like something. The only thing they can ever come up with is telementery. @@Robert-sl7jo

[@Valehass]

I'm pretty sure I remember Microsoft saying W10 was the last OS they were releasing and subsequent upgrades would come in the form of updates.

[@Britec09]

Yeah, they did say that lol

[@Juliodax]

Exactly. After, they made windows 11.

[@LyuboA]

and you believe them that's very stupid believing a Politician or Big Company is just dumb

[@gwgux]

That was not an official statement the company made. Only someone working there said it who was not speaking for the company.

[@Nick41622]

It was only a Microsoft employee, they shouldn't of said that.

[@DaystromDataConcepts]

Best thing to do is to image your C: drive prior to any major update. Further, I always partition my drive and move all data libraries to a D: drive. That way, I separate the OS and apps from your data. Also makes recovering an OS image easy without affecting your documents etc

[@pfitz4881]

This is absolutely the best advice!!! Use something like Acronis and create a complete system image.

[@Dode2622]

I use norton ghost. Keeping the same windows for three years now. Never lost a byte.

[@darrennew8211]

The "synctoy" program from Microsoft is really good too, especially if you have (say) a laptop and a desktop machine and you want to keep some of the same data on both.

[@Dode2622]

No worries, never upgrading until windows 10 end of support.

[@isis3319]

I'm also contemplating doing that. But I'm also concerned that once W10 support ends, Microsoft will start charging people for W11. I did the PC Healthcheck and found that my laptop is eligible for a free upgrade. I've already witnessed Microsoft taking away things & charging peeps for things they originally offered for free 😬

[@vv285]

itll end support in oct 2025 bro, so sad

[@kagekun7689]

EOS will be oct 2025 so better upgrade now

[@jonesgang]

Do a full backup of your system before upgrading. That way if you do decide to go back just do a full restore from the backup and you will be right back where you were before the upgrade. No reinstalling anything.

[@lynncognito6381]

My back up saved my butt last night 😭

[@TrevM0nkey]

Here's my top tip.... 1a. Get a nice big hard drive and partition it. 1b. get second hard drive. 1c. Partion your existing one if it's big enough. 2. Install windows. 3. anything you download to install; whether it's your browsers, office install startup files, printer driver, Adobe Reader etc etc. Save it in an applications folder on the second drive. 4. relocate all your storage folders: desktop, documents, downloads, OneDrive etc... to the second drive Whenever you need to rebuild or reinstall, you don't need to backup or mess about making a list of the software you need to reinstall.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

virtual box works great to test with, no hazzle no fuzz. im not even going to allow the installer to start.

[@Archontasil]

I just upgraded to win11 because my win10 was BSODing. I regret my choice, it's slow, laggy, prone to freeze after hard gaming, slow for hard photo editing.. i want to return to 10

[@Britec09]

Clean install for you then

[@isis3319]

Whats the size of your hard drive(s)? How much RAM do you have?

[@kagekun7689]

might aswell stay EOS for Windows 10 is OCT 2025

[@wordz6944]

I upgraded to 11 and I got nothing but problems, blue screen of death, lost everything, went back to windows 10, and upgraded again, now my PC constantly freezes and crashes. I'm done with 11

[@rufdymond]

A couple of months back I bought a new PC - it’s the first PC I’ve ever owned that I’ve not built myself or had custom built, it came with Windows 11 pre-installed. Let’s just say that from day one I’ve had nothing but trouble with it…whole parts of the interface don’t work, they simple crash when I click on a menu or some items won’t even load. I really tried to find a way of making this piece of junk work but in the end I gave up - reformatted the whole thing and installed Windows 10……the PC has worked flawlessly ever since.

[@leonidas14775]

Given how cheap SSDs are these days, you're better off cloning your windows 10 installation to a blank SSD first which makes going back as simple as reconnecting your cloned drive.

[@MizJunAmi]

1. Make a drive image. Reimage when finished. 2. Run W11 in a VM and decide from that.

[@michelwong1]

I did Upgrading to Windows 11 on my few OLD laptops few months ago What I did was : 1) keep my existing SSD with the Win 10 on it ; 2) use a NEW SSD to install the Windows 11 to 22H2 (SSD so cheap now) This way, I am able to have 【 2 OS on 1 laptop 】, and do not have the problem of rolling back to Win 10 👍👍😁😁

[@ZigZag9639]

I like your way of doing this cos that's how I use my SSD to go over to Ubuntu.

[@pennyhardaway7491]

You can easily dual boot on modern win systems using vhds images.

[@greybeard5774]

Tried Windows 11 .. didn't like it .. went back to Win 10 and ended up with a completely crippled OS that didn't even work anymore .. but luckily I made a backup disk image before upgrading .. so that saved my a**s so to speak. Don't trust the rollback option guys .. there is always a chance that something could go wrong .. backup and re-backup your system and personal stuff before doing anything at all .. better safe than sorry.

[@franciscohorna5542]

im still on 10 love it not going to 11 they will extend it past october 2025

[@V530-15ICR]

Same

[@gooseuk1985]

same also

[@Britec09]

Most people have stuck with Windows 10

[@franciscohorna5542]

@@Britec09 yes indeed

[@Robert-sl7jo]

The best thing to do is to store all of your data on “External Hard Drives” and any other important data from the C drive onto one of the hard drives. Then unplug all external hard drives before “upgrading” back to Windows 10.

[@Sera_Vaz]

I have one major issue with Windows overalll... why can't they just fix the settings menu and make it easier for the users to handle the settings... windows 11 still has the same jumbled up settings

[@Sonya_Makepeace]

If I was going to try Windows 11, I would put another hard drive in my PC, so I could guarantee no hiccups, when I decide to roll back.

[@fido139]

I would simply clone my HD before "upgrading". If I don't like it, just put the old drive back in.

[@macnottsuk]

you probably know this but in case, if you install win 11 do it with a download copy and not through windows 10 upgrade. Then DO NOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET WHEN PROMTED use the small print something like access not available right now. That way you create a local account, this stops a lot of windows spy ware/spam from installing. you can if you desire later link your account to a Microsoft account but why would you!

[@IMGaZZA]

to have the the operating system activated legitimately?

[@sybergen333]

Just upgraded to Windows 11, it was sluggish in the first 3 days but eventually becomes smoother, which is odd :/

[@grahamsmith2753]

I keep a folder on my Windows 10 desktop with all of the .exe programs I've installed. Every time I update a program, I delete the .exe from the folder, and replace it with the newer version. Granted, I'd still have to install them again, but they'd all be in the folder. It would save having to scour the web to find and download them all again. In the video shown above, I assume that folder would still be on my desktop after the rollback, but to be certain, it's probably safer to save it to a flash drive.

[@youtubularTV]

Nice job 👍🏼 I'm just wondering if the 'free' upgrade is time limited and, since we'll probably be forced to update eventually, what are we losing and Microsoft gaining when we update. Cheers

[@davidponder1654]

I doubt it. Upgrading for 7 or 8 to 10 stayed free until the release of 11 i think

[@youtubularTV]

@@davidponder1654 but when 12 comes out can I update to it from 10?

[@davidponder1654]

@@youtubularTV i mean to this day you can upgrade 7 to 10 and skip 8. Im not sure about 11 and 12 though, 12 isnt even out yet how would i know?

[@youtubularTV]

@@davidponder1654 you wouldn't, but you've answered my question. Cheers

[@davidponder1654]

@@youtubularTV no problem

[@US_Joe]

Seems to me that cloning your boot drive to an external drive before the UG is the most likely choice - Thanx mate👍👍👍

[@Britec09]

I agree

[@acid5ive244]

No need to complicate things, just create a system image before upgrading and you can always go back.

[@gtm5650]

Yes

[@lloydc5736]

Thank you for the info, question ?, if the Windows 10 install was cloned before updating to Windows 11, and wanted to revert back to 10 to enable use of the Windows 10 key , would the clone copy of Windows 10 be able to work after you selected to revert to Windows 10, so you wouldn't lose your programs and Aps?, hopefully I put this in a understandable way.

[@Britec09]

Yes, should work

[@OlettaLiano]

I upgraded to Windows 11 a year ago, and never looked back. Once on Windows 11, Windows 10 icons looks like something from Fisher-Price.

[@Britec09]

I have been on Windows 11 for the start, few bugs back then, but its a lot better now. Lots of people still on Windows 10

[@OlettaLiano]

@@Britec09 Some people hate change. As I've said before. I'm on Linux Mint 75% of the time, and on Windows 11 the remainder. The day my writing app, Scrivener works 100% correctly on Linux, I'll ditch Windows for good.

[@physicspoint3356]

Thank you for the information

[@johnsmusicpassions9740]

Inconvenience ! One way of putting it

[@Britec09]

Its pretty nasty from them tbh

[@benjumper8838]

Why doesn't Microsoft say to do a total backup or image file before updating to W11? I searched for "problem with rolling back to W10" and not one person spoke about reinstalling programs like you did (three times)! To be safe, since some people said that it would not work, I did a shadow copy AND a clone!!

[@foxylove4436]

When I tried to upgrade to Windows 11, the installation removed some drivers like graphics card driver

[@jimspc07]

What about doing a windows 10 clone backup and then upgrading. When it is discovered that windows 11 does not allow many things, can a restore of the windows 10 clone be done and work?

[@dlogsdonmd]

Wait, WHICH APPS are uninstalled if you revert back to Windows 10? Every installed application or just Microsoft applications?

[@mlando73]

It's really not that big a deal...windows 11 is pretty good. I think you'll like it

[@cllqa]

I tried going back to windows 10 and it wont even let me boot up my pc anymore

[@daniarorynbayev8530]

but what if I've got ....errrrrr... you know....these.... eeerrrr .... yeh know.... how.... well..... yknow.... uh.... a pirate copy of Photoshop CS6 and a copy of SketchUp installed..... will it work after upgrade no problem?

[@mattpotter8725]

A quick question that popped into my head with a comment you made towards the end of the video. Can't you just take a copy of the Windows Old folder to an external media source before rolling back to Windows 10, and before upgrading take a copy of the registry, again into a flash drive, and putting that back in place after rolling back? If not do you have a video on backing up your current Windows 10 system so that you can just put it back as is it you wanted to go back rather than having to use Microsoft's roll back process, which is more like doing a fresh install of the operating system?

[@stealthzi7465]

You don't need to reinstall your programs that's misleading I've done a rollback and all programs were fine..

[@saitouhajime3]

I think i switched to w11 for at max an hour before I rolled back to 10. I didn't have to re-download or anything, thank the stars

[@SonerGozupek]

Hi Britec. Do you recommend Windows 11 . I'd like your opinion. Thanks .

[@CelestialDeathscythe]

Thank u soo much for this video. Good thing to know when windows update finally forces my windows 10 desktop to take windows 11 upgrade. One thing i'm glad about is that microsoft upgrade prompts actually accept "no" or "X" now. Back when windows 10 came out microsoft was pushing the 10 upgrade in soo many shady ways,refusing to allow users to decide for themselves.

[@CoolDudeClem]

I'm going to keep on Windows 10 LTSC untill it just gets to old. Then I'll probably try migrating to Linux.

[@jimb8738]

Macrium Reflect to the rescue. Create a Macrium rescue disk on a usb, make a backup of your Windows 10 system, easy-peezy to restore Windows 10 if you hate 11.

[@richtea615]

Waiting until they abandon Windows 10 support.

[@Jbadman]

Just did

[@DjPorkchop73]

Do you think the free Windows 11 upgrade is going to crash and burn as bad as Windows 8 did? I mean when Microsux trips over their own feet, they do it in style and Windows 8 was it! I see so many folks saying Nah, no thanks to Windows 11 and are willing to pay the "I'll keep it" fee for windows 10 basically making WIndows 10 a subscription based product which I believe is what they were after all along to begin with. There is no money in buy once cry once but a subscription / DLC based operation, ah now there is where the money is! Do we have a little reverse psychology going on here? I doubt it but it sure the heck feels that way. Anyhow, I am sticking with 10 as long as I can. Hell, I would still be on XP Pro if I could get away with it and 7 on a couple others I still have running. Take care and thanks for all the awesome info! You're a legend!

[@debeeriz]

l just installed 11 and i dont like it as much as 10, but l am sure it will grow on me

[@sybergen333]

As a new win11 user, how was it?

[@debeeriz]

@@sybergen333 I wouldn't rave about it, it boots fast, one thing that did impress me was it kept all my data and programs even my cracked office and photoshop

[@Noiconnotag]

Instead of all this mess and potential info loss, you would be better off with making another partition on your disk and install win11 on that partition, basically turning your pc into a dual boot OS, and then if you don't like win11 you can delete the partition whenever you wish or leave it as backup.

[@zayeemshafiq1887]

My programs were not deleted. Don't know why?

[@notjustforhackers4252]

I just upgraded to Fedora 39, smooth as butter.

[@richardmiller4388]

If upgrading to W11, do you recommend a clean install? Do you have a procedure for that?

[@darrennew8211]

The procedure is when it asks you if you want a clean install, you say yes. :-)

[@ultenhiemer]

Yeah, cloning your disk covers you from ALL this. Because then you can just restore Windows 10 The way you had it. Use Aomei Backupper, thats what I use!

[@jerseyjim9092]

I was afraid of win 11 until I set up my daughters new laptop with 11 on a local account. Its annoyingly different than 10 but probably less annoying than 10 was over 7. So, in light of the imminent end of support for 10, I'm considering upgrading fron 10 to 11. I suspect that over time, Ill adjust to the differences. And then, 12 will come along😊

[@kpj9535]

can you disconnect all data drives and just update 11 on your OS drive? or disconnect data drives before you rollback to 10?

[@idmooseman]

I installed Windows 11 on my StreamingPC, but kept Windows 10 on my GamingPC. I kind of like Windows 11 and have not encountered any issues that would make me regret the upgrade. Will most likely upgrade my GamingPC to Windows 11 after I give it the quarterly cleaning.

[@johngoard8272]

Well Brian mate I have upgraded to Windows 11 Pro some time ago and I don't see why people would go back to a system that is running out of time?? Windows 11 is for me the best of the two systems and I have Windows 10 Pro on two of my desktop machines if I feel the need to work with Windows 10 which to me not being that savvy to discriminate between the two versions of Windows so am happy to stay with 11 for as long as it may last and given the approaching Windows 12?? it may have to be upgraded to that. But the video is really good for those who want 10 back on their machines👍

[@billgreen576]

Here's the question: If, ultimately, W10 users with the appropriate hardware will be forced to go to W11 (or pay for W10 security and other patches) what is the point in going back to W10? Even if some perceive W11 as having issues (such as slow, laggy, prone to freeze after hard gaming, slow for hard photo editing). Are these even real issues? And even if they are wachagonnado come 2025?

[@psycho1998s]

Would I lose any apps or programs from upgrading to win 11??

[@Robert-sl7jo]

Is it cheaper to just change the processor and TPM module than to buy a new PC for Windows 11? I’ve tried windows 11 last year and found it to be garbage plain and simple. What about this extended life for Windows 10, how much does that cost?

[@iRON90111]

wat

[@kepler186f4]

Sometime soon we'll will be seeing videos on whether or not it is safe to upgrade to Windows 12.

[@altdoom]

You can also try W11 in a virtual machine.

[@PilotsError]

I tried win11 on my Ryzen 3700x, it was working just fine except for one thing, the CPU frequency would not stay low at idle like it did in win 10, it used to chill at 1.7ghz nice and quiet and cool even playing call of duty or modeling in 3d software no problems. Upgrade to win 11 and using the same power saving options and settings and the CPU just sat idle at 3.8ghz, I tried all sorts of things but it would not drop lower so for that reason I'm back on win 10, never figured it out!

[@wikwayer]

same

[@sparky4460]

Lets say I need to move a windows 10 (OEM license) hard drive to a new computer in order to upgrade to Windows 11 w/o reinstalling the OS and all my files and settings. I know Microsoft will not let me do this and I will be unable to activate the license after installing in the new computer. If I purchase a new OEM license will I be able to activate with the new license? This is a critical computer I I do not want to have to reinstall everything.

[@woodwaker1]

I always clone my drive so I have a complete backup. Take the original out and do the Win 11 upgrade on the clone,,In this case simply put the original drive back in.

[@user-shin_ru_yeon]

Is it ok to update

[@markclark787]

I have an old unsupported PC used Rufis and a second SSD I keep both W10 & W11 updated

[@gwgux]

Not keeping the software you installed feels like a cop-out to me. A company as large as Microsoft has the ability to do better...in a lot of different ways, but lets stay focused on this for now. When they remove all the software you installed when you rollback to Windows 10, it makes them look bad like they're saying "tsch! fine!" and not doing their best effort for their customers.

[@darrennew8211]

I think the concern is that you upgrade to 11, install some programs, roll back to 10, the rollback replaces your registry, and now those programs don't work right any more.

[@hoffyc.h393]

I'm not a big fan of W11, and have for the longest time used W10, but has the free version and done like a cracked version Key. but I want to use my W10 until October 2025 or even longer, i'm a Gamer with AMD parts, so it's the matter of having luck that my W10 doesn't get any big problems and that AMD still support GPU Drivers past 2025.

[@ss2115oz]

What if you take a complete disc/system image of Win10 before upgrading? Would you use the Win11 GoBack first (in case it somehow blocks a restore image command) and then restore the disk image? Or just overwrite Win11 if you wanted to go back. Has anyone tried this?

[@Patrick_Felipe]

i havent upgraded because of all my steam games and rockstar games and forza games and starfield....if i have to re download all of that i be hella pissed 🤷‍♂aint nobody got time for all of that!

[@ZigZag9639]

Regardless of this W11 trial, I won't upgrade to it until it is fully functioning.

[@rickh8380]

That's why I still use Windows 7. I will use it until none of my programs will not work any more. But, that's just me.

[@RMeitzen]

jesus christ

[@jameswubbolt7787]

Thank you. The best info.

[@Britec09]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sammifruitbat]

I satilll use windows 7, my pc is 13 years old and still running fine although a bit slow, I don't mess with it, I had my previous pc on xp for 11 years prior and loved it but sadly years of bsattling malware etc. kinda wore it out, xp is my all time fave, I don't like windows 10 but checking out 11 for a lap top I wanna buy.

[@markanderson2155]

On my win10 systems I will hold on to until it's EOL. I have one with win11 home that was already installed when purchased and I am not to keen with it, it's just ok soso. I will patiently hold out as long as I can hopefully by the time 10 dies 12 will be around the corner and if Microsoft's pattern holds true 12 will be a very good system. Or at least until they work the bugs out over time. But sadly by the time they perfect it, the next one will roll out. Very frustrating. Its always in a state of flux and change.

[@ulicnihodac225]

Whatif we have 32 bit :(?

[@DePhoegonIsle]

Did you just whing about programs not being kept in a OS rollback? It sucks for certain, but.... come the f on, you realize that w10 & w11 have vastly different API to the point that if that wasn't there, there would be a meme about reinstalling your programs from a rollback and MS not telling you about it. OMFG .... I'm sick of this nonsense. MS has issues, but not keeping programs installed when rolling back from an Operating system that introduced multiple new api around the access of data, graphics, memory, & system setup... is not an issue it's a safety feature & one that's a bloody kindness to those 3rd party programs not receiving bug reports/help tickets from windows 10, when the user chooses to forget to mention they rolled back their OS from several MAJOR updates.

[@Britec09]

You let it all out, not good bottling all that anger up 😂

[@Nick41622]

You should extend your windows roll back from 10 days to 60 days.

[@Britec09]

I agree

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

you cant get a good feeling for a operating system in 10 days, its a scam. Dont upgrade and if you upgrade prepare to format and re install your windows if you change your mind. Loose apps and programs? So they have crashed the main purpose of rollback ? typical windows Its a one way upgrade, its no way to go back safe in short. So think twice before doing it.

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

@dougadams9419 you are a wordnazi, i know english very well bro Stress someone else, thanks in behalf and have a good life

[@Mannard74]

Yet another reason to use Portable apps instead of \program files\ installed junk when available..

[@FrancoDFernando]

Was thinking about finally upgrading to windows 11....might as well see what windows 12 is gonna be about lol

[@online_chan]

i think you are wrong about a few things if you rollback you won't lose all your programs, at least that for me I rolled back because of valorant

[@GoFlyYourselves]

I love windows 11.. I thought this was going to tell me something I didn't know. 🤦‍♂

[@hendongooner7383]

Will NEVER be upgrading to Windows 11 from Windows 10. My next OS will most probably be Android or Linux.

[@hotmixer2010]

Windows turned into garbage ever since Windows 10 was released, the best version of Windows 10 was 1607 that was the only rock solid version

[@nanquan491]

lol so if all your programs end up being uninstalled, in what way is it a "rollback"!? xD It's the same outcome as basically dong a fresh install anyway... Better to just make a backup image of the whole drive (provided you have the space), then you can truly rollback if you don't like Windows 11 for whatever reason.

[@HEWfunkingKNEWit]

Rolled back to 10 about a yr ago, 11 was buggy with my hardware(new)

[@Britec09]

Not buggy anymore

[@steve2me414]

1.21 Just tell them to do an image before they do the upgrade. Bingo.

[@eddielegs344]

If that is so , the roll back feature no longer makes sense what incredible worthless people at Microsoft there is nothing human about it completely deranged. See what the E.U thinks of this, think anti consumers clearly applies here. Crazy

[@MohammadSalah1979]

i will stay on W11

[@khaiahmann9192]

I seriously shouldn’t have done this. 🥴

[@ShadowzGSD]

i still laugh at the word 'upgrade' 🤣

[@KNJfan]

my compu came with 11 sadly

[@zulutgseta8276]

-You need update your windows 11- " *You need update your PC* " [ in other wise/word ] Y'all SHALL BUY A NEWEST PCs / LAPTOPs WITH A PRICE LIKE A MUNSTER 😭 😄

[@Robert-sl7jo]

You shouldn’t be calling it upgrading to Windows 11 but rather “Downgrading”.

[@PlectrumShorts]

How to try 11 and rollback to 10, *not* how to upgrade to 11.

[@harrybellingham98]

honestly i think ill just stay with 10

[@TodorKadic]

i am gonna wait a little while

[@MrTarzan007]

Thanks! Dont think windows 11 is for me. Fine with 10 (:

[@veramentestanco]

The author keeps on repeating the sane thing over and over. This video could've lasted a tenth of the time!

[@oldwizzy]

The usual nonsense is told here again, before upgrading or freshly installing Win 11 you first make a system backup, use for example AOMEI Backupper for this or similar. If you don't like Windows 11, use the boot WinPX CD or Stick and restore the system backup Win 10 and in fifteen minutes you will be back on Win 10 WITHOUT losing software. Child can do the laundry instead of this cumbersome hassle.

[@TrevM0nkey]

I've worked in IT since I was sticking spider like DRAMs in 286's and installing Dos 5 from floppy disks. But I'll take a fresh install any day, the problem with system backups is you're backing up any other problems sitting in the background along with all the stuff you don't need.

[@philipodd3378]

clone your drive first