That I could not keep antivirus apps through such upgrades or downgrades.
As to your WHAT IF, all PC users have learned that PCs are not safe enough to use without backups and restore media. There are folk that opt never to make backups and they usually end up at repair counters.
reverted back from W10 to W8.1 yesterday after a 2/3 week trial guess what happened wiped my computer just left me with a bluey screen saying your computer needs repairing luckily i had a copy of W8.1 so was able to get up and running, now heres my question WHAT IF I did not have a copy of W8.1 where would you stand......also wiped my norton security

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