If I Factory Reset My PC "AFTER A YEAR" of Windows 10 Released, I Still Able Upgrade to Windows 10?

HELP~!!!I currently running on Windows 8.1. If I upgrade to Windows 10 "now" and factory reset my pc "after one year" of Windows 10 released, (that means Windows will go back to Windows 8.1??)Am I still able to upgrade to Windows 10 that time? Thank you.

My understanding is the free upgrade is good for 1 year meaning July 29,2016, it no longer exists. So you won't be able to upgrade for free after that date. When you upgrade I believe there's a choice to keep your old Windows version so you can go back to it (8.1 or whatever it is).

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Ok after reading a few posts I relalise you can not down grade os on iphones and never have been able to.
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Factory reset iPhone because I'm selling it. Some how it still has data on it. How do I completely get rid of this?

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Hello all!
American living in germany here. I am using a PowerBook G4 running OS 10.4.11
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Factory Reset Hub after new Firmware?

Should you factory reset the hub after its donwlaoded the latest firmware so it properly installs because I see some people say you should with other routers or this this just a myth?

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I'm giò from Italy and I have a problem trying to factory reset my HP Pavilion g6-2338sl with windows 8 preinstalled.
When I try fatcory reset it I can see the "hp logo and please wait ..." for 5 seconds. Then the screen goes black and I can see the cursor (not flashing). I can move it but nothing else happens. This happens wheter I try to factory reset from windows (starting the hp recovery manager and rebooting the pc), or I press f11 as soon as I power on the pc.
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