SD Card Files-how can I get them back onto my PC?

[Windows Central Question]

SD Card Files

So I backed up my computer files to an sd card on the OS windows 7. I was wondering how and if 1i can put my files back on to my computer. Will it change my new OS windows 10 to the old OS windows 7?

 

[gpobernardo]

Re: SD Card Files

That depends on what you backed-up onto your SD Card. Restoring documents, music, videos and other non-system files will not affect your OS version.

However, if you backed your entire Windows 7 OS up (e.g. the C:/Windows folder, etc.), then it would not be a good idea to copy those system files onto your current system file folders - doing so is usually not allowed but in case you are able to do that doing so will corrupt your current OS.

So, in summary: you can copy your non-system files back to your new OS from your back up; you should not copy your old system files back to your new OS.