Whenever upgrading to a new operating system (O/S), one should be able to roll back easily to the prior version. Windows 10 finally builds in an easy mechanism. But the trade-off is using your disk space -- about 10 GB worth. What if you are running low on your windows boot partition? Use a partition backup program like Easus Backup or Macrium Reflect (or any other) to "ghost" your data. Get a backup disk ready with plenty of space, and make a bootable USB stick or CD/DVD in case you need to re-image from scratch without an operating system should all things fail. After verifying your image backup, it's time to upgrade or fresh install. Upgrade is the path of least resistance and should be done first. If that is a disaster, you can quick format the partition and try a fresh install of the operating system.
With Windows 10, you have 30 days to roll back or you keep it forward and reach the point of no return. That Windows key is now linked to Windows 10 and no longer can be used to activate Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1. Maybe you can talk to Microsoft Tech Support to wrangle the key back to downgrade.
Next when Windows 10 is running along spiffily, make another backup of that partition to an image. Store in a safe place. If you want to rollback, just install the partition backup application and restore your image.
For my 100 GB SSD, backing up an image was about a 30 minute activity. Well worth the time & cost for insurance in the worst case scenario.
Another late posit in regards to DirectX 12. I can't wait to try it! Let me install it now and... oh gee, there's no software except a demo written for DX 12. Nevermind!
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