Upgrading to Windows 10

I was able to upgrade to Win10 without application problems, except for having to wait about 30 days for a Win10 driver for my audio i/f. And my old video adapter was...old. Daily BSODs and correctable driver faults. I replaced the video adapter and haven't had a single problem since.
 
One recommendation you might want to consider is deauthorizing the apps that permit it (by moving the license back to the "cloud"). Do the update and reauthorize the apps. If something bad happens, and you need to do an HD wipe and clean install, you won't have to fight with the software vendors getting new authorizations.
 
FWIW, I really like Win10. Very stable for me.

I went from Win 8 to Win 10 with an in place upgrade ….had all the typical concerns …
Everything regarding the update went smooth .I'm happy that I didn't have to reauthorize any of my software ….
I like Win 10 much better than I liked Win 8 ….
 
Kenny

I did an over-the-top install of 10 over 7 on my work machine, no 'technical' problems at all.
 
It's a more familiar interface than Win 8, and that horrible metro thing is pretty much gone (a bit of it has gone into hiding behind the start button) so that's a plus.

Win 7 is eligible for the upgrade and even a clean install of Win 10, using your Win 7 Product Code. 
See this from the Win 10 forum:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/23354-clean-install-windows-10-directly-without-having-upgrade-first.html
 

Thanks everybody. Yes it is 8.1. I have backed up using an application that came on my Seagate external drive.
Audio is on my second drive internally and most video is on an external drive. The Seagate is just for backing up. I'm going to hire a professional "cat" to make sure the Roland V700 Hardware still works.
;-)

WSS

I have Windows 7, and I get bugged about the upgrade all the time, and put it off. My C: drive is a 128GB SSD, and I want to upgrade the SSD to a larger one and do a clean install of Windows 10 on that. How do I do this when I still have Win 7?

I upgraded my desktop from Win7 just following the Win10 install prompts. Crossed my fingers and it worked, even though—at the time—I was still running an EMU 0404 card that used XP/Vista drivers. Perhaps it was my lack of concern that made things go so well.

fireberd
Win 7 is eligible for the upgrade and even a clean install of Win 10, using your Win 7 Product Code. 
See this from the Win 10 forum:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/23354-clean-install-windows-10-directly-without-having-upgrade-first.html 

I just checked this link. It is an outdated kludge for doing a clean install using the identifying data from a previous installation of win 7 0r 8. The versions of the media installation tool that are available from MS now, do not require that you use a previously activated installation of Win7 or Win8. You can install to a new machine so long as you have the product key from a qualifying version (even if never previously installed) of Win 7 or Win 8. There are a bunch of unofficial instructions on this, http://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/
but MS has now posted their official instructions:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10?34de222e-6944-44aa-8f45-8e96988880a4=True 
expand using the media creation tool
expand perform a clean installation using a USB or DVD
 
The difference is that you will need to enter the product key for the qualifying version during the installation. This is much easier than the kludge in fireberd's link which seems to require that you copy an xml file from a previously activated installation.