Windows 10: Win10 installed but is it? Disk Manager shows Win 7?

Discus and support Win10 installed but is it? Disk Manager shows Win 7? in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi: I upgraded Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro a few months ago. My desktop looks "similar" to Win 10. Or am I confused? All works fine. This is a Lenovo... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by dizmayed, Jul 19, 2016.

  1. DIZMAYED
    dizmayed Win User

    Win10 installed but is it? Disk Manager shows Win 7?


    Hi:

    I upgraded Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro a few months ago. My desktop looks "similar" to Win 10. Or am I confused? All works fine. This is a Lenovo T530 laptop. "Settings" shows Win 10 Pro is activated. The Seven Forums System Info tool shows OS is Win 10.

    But the desktop has a "Computer" icon not "My PC" like another Win 10 Computer here. Somehow the desktop looks a hybrid of Win 7/10. I know, I must be losing it.

    I don't recall my upgrade procedure except that I used a Win 10 iso from Microsoft Creator Tool. I've done a number of Win 10 upgrades but perhaps I'm losing my bearings (or worse).

    I just looked at my HDD structure (see below). Would someone interpret these partitions for me? Why Win 7?

    Thx awfully -


    Win10 installed but is it? Disk Manager shows Win 7? [​IMG]


    :)
     
    dizmayed, Jul 19, 2016
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  2. CBMAMS
    cbmams Win User

    DVD Drive using win10

    Cannot burn to dvd drive altho it shows up in device manager and plays cd music but rejects new disks to burn to, asking for a disk to be inserted when one was. Win 10 says drivers are current after a search.
     
    cbmams, Jul 19, 2016
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  3. RALF_G
    Ralf_G Win User
    Dual boot Windows 10

    They see themselves as C: but they see each other on different drives. Bootice shows my boot configuration has Win10 on C: [disk 1] and Win7 on D: [disk 0]. Disk Management in Win 10 shows Win7 is on the 3rd partition on Disk 0, with no drive letter and
    Drive D: is the 4th partition on Disk 0.

    I haven't actually tried to apply the change but Disk management is allowing me to pick a different drive letter for my Win10 system drive while it is running. If it doesn't error out I think it may require a pre-emptive edit of the boot configuration to
    reflect the new drive letter.
     
    Ralf_G, Jul 19, 2016
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  4. AMERICANPHARAOH
    AmericanPharaoh Win User

    Win10 installed but is it? Disk Manager shows Win 7?

    My Disk Management only shows - OS (C: ) there. No Windows label.

    John
     
    AmericanPharaoh, Jul 19, 2016
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  5. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member
    The volume label is user defined and on an upgrade Windows 10 will not change the volume label that was there before.


    Win10 installed but is it? Disk Manager shows Win 7? [​IMG]
     
    NavyLCDR, Jul 19, 2016
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  6. DIZMAYED
    dizmayed Win User
    <The volume label is user defined and on an upgrade Windows 10 will not change the volume label that was there before.>

    Thank you LCDR.
     
    dizmayed, Jul 19, 2016
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  7. AMERICANPHARAOH
    AmericanPharaoh Win User
    Can we consider this issue closed?

    John
     
    AmericanPharaoh, Jul 20, 2016
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  8. DIZMAYED
    dizmayed Win User

    Win10 installed but is it? Disk Manager shows Win 7?

    <Can we consider this issue closed?>

    Yes, thx.
     
    dizmayed, Apr 4, 2018
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