Time to back up your Windows PCs before updating to Windows 11 as Microsoft has officially announced that Windows 10 support is coming to an end on October 14, 2025. Protect against software vulnerabilities and the risk of ransomware by upgrading your systems and backing up data stored on your Windows PCs.
When upgrading to Windows 11, there might be potential issues that arise during or after the upgrade. Windows 11 comes with specific hardware requirements. If a company uses older PCs that do not meet Windows 11 requirements, they might not be able to upgrade their operating system successfully.
Installing Windows 11 might also result in compatibility issues, as some hardware device drivers might not have been updated to meet Windows 11 requirements. This could prevent users from using peripheral devices such as printers or webcams. There is also the issue that legacy software might be incompatible with Windows 11. Older software might not be able to run properly with Windows 11 — that is if they’re able to run at all.
After the Windows update, there’s a slight chance that your settings may reset and any custom settings might be changed back to the default mode. Meaning you’ll have to spend additional time resetting your device.
If there is an interruption during the update or the update fails, your files and folders may be lost if you haven’t backed them up already. As you update your Windows PCs, ensure a copy of your endpoint data has been backed up and can be restored in case you need to access specific files and folders while installing a Windows update.
With a sharp increase in cyberattacks, companies should always back up and consolidate large amounts of data stored across employee PCs. Users are encouraged to update their Windows PCs to bolster their systems against insider or outsider security threats and safeguard a copy of their backups.
How Synology ActiveProtect can help you secure your Windows PCs
Synology ActiveProtect is a purpose-built backup appliance specifically designed for safeguarding a wide variety of workloads, including Windows PCs. Centralize your backups and monitor your data no matter where it is located. ActiveProtect also comes with powerful backup and recovery features, enabling users to perform mass deployment when backing up PCs, bolster their defenses, and experience seamless data restoration.
Ease IT operations with auto-backups and RBAC: Perform mass deployment and safeguard employees devices via agent-based backups by scheduling or triggering event-based backups. Ensure your PCs follow preset protection plans with connect keys. Grant admin rights to select employees only to minimize access to company data.
Safeguard against ransomware with built-in immutability: ActiveProtect comes with immutable capabilities and WORM (Write Once Read Many) technology so that no one is allows to make any changes or deletions to the data. Isolate your backup copies with logical or physical air gaps so that a clean copy of your data can be recovered whenever needed.
Flexible bare-metal or folder-level recovery options: With bare-metal restoration as well as folder-level restoration options, users can choose to restore entire devices or pick and choose which specific files or folders need to be restored with granular restoration.
Maximize storage capacity with deduplication: As data grows, companies must ensure they make the most out of their resources. ActiveProtect empowers businesses by removing redundant data and only backing up modified data, reducing backup sizes for efficient storage usage with global source-side deduplication. Eliminate redundant data across the cluster to maximize storage capacity.
Conclusion
Updating and backing up your PCs regularly is good practice to ensure that everything is up to date and to prevent vulnerabilities from sneaking up on you. Synology ActiveProtect helps you secure your backups and ensure backup copies are available for recovery to maintain business continuity. Read here to find out how you can boost your cyber resiliency with ActiveProtect.
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