I forgot to mention one very important detail.
Before I upgrade, I backed it up using
Acronis True Image.
The first time, unfortunately, the Image Integrity check failed. Already the second time, the Creation of the Image was successful!
And another detail: using Acronis True Image, the System Restore tool as well as the Original Factory Restore (using Safe Mode) would
lose its meaning because you simply have to back up regularly or before upgrading, installing a program, etc. It would be just a suggestion, but each one decides for what he/she thinks best of his/her own interest.
Another thing, I do not know if Windows 7 Pro provides
Windows XP Mode. I know Windows 7 Ultimate, there was such a tool, although I have installed
Oracle Virtual Machine much better than Windows XP Mode (on my Desktop).
Even so, if it is possible, in my opinion, if your Hardware offers many Hard Disk Bays and you also have multiple HDDs, it would be better to use the
Multi-boot feature than installing the Virtual Machine. That would be just my opinion.
Even though my Notebook is older, as the HDD is
SSD, it is still fast during Boot and Windows Update. I am very satisfied with the experience of using Windows 10 Pro. It is very worth installing SSD on any Hardware!
Awww... Too bad! Unfortunately,
branded PCs do not offer many HDD Bays (only 2 or 3 and Mini-SATA (mSATA) slot!)...
My Dell Desktop PC also has only 02 HDD Bays... OTOH, my
mounted Desktop PC (
Multi-boot with WinXP and Win7) has 06 HDD Bays!
I am not sure if
ICQ is a “spyware”, but it has lost popularity and many users over the years... It has only 11 million users in 2014...