Why is my new 10 not allowing to restore from a backup from my 7 which has new software?

Because an iOS backup can’t be restored to a device running an older version than the one used to create it.

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mango1976 wrote:

It says I have to set up as new, update with software then restore from a backup once updated????

And it would be correct. That is indeed what you need to do.