Do you know what to do before upgrade to Windows 10?

This article will give you a detailed introduction of the things you oughta do.

Why Do you gotta Upgrade to Windows 10?

check Back up system files to the recovery drive

Whats more, for better ensure the security of user data, Windows 10 upgrades twice a year.

What to Do Before Upgrade to Windows 10?

Recovery drives can help you boot the computer and fix some problems when your setup is in trouble.

choose USE flash drive and click Next

So how do you create a recovery drive?

Step 2: Entercreate a recovery drivein the search box and clickCreate a recovery driveto continue.

Step 3: Remember to checkBack up system files to the recovery driveand clickNextto continue.

reassure you have backed up personal files on the USB flash drive

Step 4: Read the message carefully, and choose the USB flash drive.

Step 5: Read the warning note carefully that is Every thing on the drive will be deleted.

If you have any personal files on this drive, check that youve backed up the files.

click Finish after creating the recovery drive successfully

This is the first preparation before Windows 10 update.

So, how to backup files to external hard disk safely and quickly?

I strongly recommend that you use MiniTool ShadowMaker a piece ofprofessional and secure backup and restore software.

choose the computer to manage and click Connect

In addition, it also supportssyncing filesto avoid losing data as much as possible.

Step 1: Launch MiniTool ShadowMaker at first, then chooseLocalorRemoteto get the main interface by clickingConnect.

Step 2: ClickSET UP BACKUPin theHomepage or go to theBackupdirectly.

click Source under Backup page

MiniTool ShadowMaker backs up the Windows operating system by default.

But if you want to change, then just clickSourcemodule to change the backup source.

Step 3: it’s possible for you to clickDestinationmodule to choose an destination path.

choose the external drive as the destination and click OK

As you might see, MiniTool ShadowMaker supports you to back up your data to five different destinations.

Then you just need to wait for MiniTool ShadowMaker to back up your data successfully.

This is the second important thing you should probably do before upgrade to Windows 10.

choose Back up Now or Back up Later

Besides, you could use it torestore your operating system to another computerwith only several steps.

In addition, temporary files automatically loaded by Windows will take up some space.

So if you delete these things, you might leave some free space for Windows 10.

So what to do before upgrade to Windows 10?

Here is the way how to upgrade drivers:

Step 1: OpenFile Explorerand right-clickThis PCto chooseManage.

Step 2: ChooseDevice ManagerunderSystem Toolsoption.

Step 3: Right-choose the drivers you want to upgrade and chooseUpdate Driverto continue.

you might reinstall the anti-virus software when the operating system is successfully upgraded to Windows 10.

Disable External USB Devices

What to do before upgrade to Windows 10?

It turns out that smart card readers as well as USB storage devices can confuse setup.

In addition, your external USB devices may be incompatible with Windows 10.

Then you also need to back up necessary data to external drive to avoid data loss.