Restoring from Windows 11 to 10: A trick to restore including personal data

Evacuate personal data created in Windows 11 before writing back Windows 10 backup image

It's good to upgrade to Windows 11 for free, but problems such as applications and peripheral devices used on Windows 10 malfunctioning on Windows 11, and problems with conventional computer work may occur. . In such a case, it is a good idea to restore Windows 10 again using the backup that was taken in advance. This time, I will explain the procedure to return from Windows 11 to Windows 10. [Easy to understand with illustrations] Visually explain clever techniques to restore from Windows 11 to 10 step by step

■ Save personal data to an external HDD

If you need personal data created with Windows 11, first save (copy) them to an external HDD. It's quick and easy to copy the whole username folder. In that case, you'll see some errors when copying, but this is about copying system-related files. It's okay to "skip" everything. To write back the backup image of Windows 10 to the internal storage, start the backup application in Windows 11, connect the external HDD, and perform the restoration work. As explained last time, in this article, we used a free app called "EaseUS Todo Backup Free" to back up, so install and use this app. A folder called "System Backup" has been created in the specified destination, so select the backup image in it. If there are multiple files, you can see the creation date and time from the file name, so you can judge by looking at it or select the latest one. Then, the image file is loaded, and the partitions in the image (system area, C drive, etc.) are displayed as copy sources. If there is no problem, proceed to the next screen and select the internal storage as the restore destination. If it is an SSD, if you check "Optimize for SSD" in the option, the sector size (data management unit) of the partition will be optimized for SSD, and the read/write speed after restoration will be improved. Hit "execute" and the image will be written back to internal storage. Since the entire backup is restored, not only the OS (Windows 10) but also personal data such as “Documents” and “Desktop” will be restored to the state when the backup was created.