Windows 10: C: Drive and D: Drive files switched after upgrade

Sorry, didn't exactly know where to post this.

So recently I had my Windows Vista upgraded to Windows 10 (also upgraded various hardware).
Today I was fiddling around and customizing it, when I noticed that all of my files that were previously saved on my C: Drive were now on my D: drive, like my Program Files and, well, basically everything I ever downloaded.
Should I be worried? I've heard that things like Program files are MEANT to be on the C: Drive, whereas the D: drive is meant for windows files...

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Windows Search - Indexed Locations wrong

Well as in my profile drive D is searchable, the results are correctly shown and I can access them. Searching C: doesn't bring up any results. I remember however having the situation that I could add drive C: in the indexing options but NOT drive D: The
funny thing is that after rebuilding the index the results searching files on C: where indicated starting with letter D: . As such the results where not useable as the path was wrong. But I dont know how to reproduce this.

I remember that more than a year ago the 2 drives where switched. D: (SSD drive) was the C: drive with the OS and the C: (normal 1TB Harrdisk) was the D: drive. But they where switched. Could it be that somehow the identity for the search is not only the
drive letter but some other IDs. And that this ID (former D: drive) was transferred with the system image when the drives were switched? This would explain that on both drives this ID is the same and still beeing matched to D:?

This however would imply that the search is not referring to the drives as letters only.

It however would not explain why the search is correct in the other (new) profile.

Thanks for any thoughts and help,

Marc

 

Edit partitions while installing Windows 10

What about increasing the C: drive partition after upgrading to Windows 10? I have a Recovery D: drive from Windows 7 that I would like to add to the C: drive primary partition but Windows 10 stuck in a Volume (no drive letter) labeled Healthy (Recovery
Partition) between the c: drive partition and the d: drive partition that seems to disallow me from increasing the size of the C: drive by incorporating the D: drive after it is wiped of all data files (no need for Win 7 recovery). Any ideas how I can add
these 20GB to the C: drive?

 

Please post a couple of screenshots of file explorer open at your c and d drives.

Something like this

 

All of my downloaded programs are located in the D: Drive

 

Looks like you have Windows 10 on C: and Vista on D: (going by the dates of the folders shown).

Make sure you check that Windows 10 is Activated as not doing an upgrade means it will not activate is it's the free version from Microsoft.

Right clik on This PC and go to the bottom of the window.

 

The default is to have the OS on C:, and program files there as well. 64 bit programs go in Program Files, and 32 bit ones in Program Files (X86).

The mess that you have now may be partly related to it not being allowed to upgrade Vista to Windows 10. Your new 10 installation is in the default location. Whoever installed 10 should have tidied things up for you.

 

Thank you to both of you for replying.

Ztruker, I did as you said, and went to the Properties of This PC and it said that Windows is activated, though I'm still not clear on what that means.

Now that I understand the situation better, can someone tell me the necessary steps to fix it? Should I transfer all of my program files/files that are on D: to C: ?

 

You want Windows to be activated. Win 10 will run for a time without activation, but I don't know for how long.

It's not easy to move program files if they were installed. (Installed programs make entries in the Windows Registry. Experts can move them; I can't.) Do the programs still run at all?

 

When I say, "move," I mean copy program files from D: to C:, then possibly delete the D: drive original copy.

No, when I try to access programs located in D: from the file explorer, they simply fail to open. No process appears in the task manager, nothing. However, programs I re-downloaded on Windows 10 are able to use program files from the D:/Vista drive just fine.

Should I just reinstall all programs I want/need on Windows 10? Should I leave the Vista side alone... or should I clean it all up?