Windows 10: D: Drive suddenly empty

I have partitioned my SSD into 2 drives C: and D: My C: Drive is almost full.I logged into my laptop after 5 days and suddenly noticed that my D: drive is empty. I have 300GBs of data and now no idea where all the data are gone. Is windows update deleted all the files in my drive or is it some sort of a cyber attack?

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D: Drive Suddenly Disappeared

I have seen this command before, though I've never used it much, other than to list the disks. I indeed only have 1 2TB drive. However, it's gone again. And even though I tried to list the disks, only C: appeared.

I'll try to open the box tomorrow and see if I can make it appear again.

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So, I did a diskpart and then I was able to use the drive again, format it and it's now the same way I bought it (software-wise at least). I also made sure all drivers were up to date (just in case).

However, when it comes to Western Digital's disk test, it still fails for the same reasons. The disk is currently empty, so it's indeed a hardware problem. The cables are all good, so it's the drive itself I guess.

Any other suggestions maybe?

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So, I did got no different results from the test, but I saw this. It seems this is the only fail it gives in this results window.

 

D drive

Hi,

Based on the details you have provided us, it appears that there might be some corrupted contents on the said partition. We can also consider that this is caused by a virus.

For us to check if a certain virus is hiding your files, kindly follow the steps below:

• Type Command prompt in the search bar.
• Type-in the following command:
  
  attrib -h -r -s /s /d D:\*.*
• Press Enter to execute the command.

If you think that there is nothing important stored in it, then we suggest that you reformat your D drive so that you can use the free space for important files.

You can follow the steps below to start with the process:

• Click on the File Explorer.
• Select This PC.
• Right-click on your D drive, then click on Format.
• Follow the on-screen process to finish formatting the partition.

Let us know how it goes so that we can further assist you.

 

D: Drive Suddenly Disappeared




Here's the photo from Event Viewer, all disk warnings are pretty much the same as the ones you see (the only thing that changes is the error code).

Also, I updated the mobo's driver, it was the only driver or anything in general that I could update. I don't think anything will be fixed by that, but you never know... I'll start running the tests you told me as well.

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I'm rebooting and going for the other test you suggested.

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I rebooted and I'm stuck at the Windows login screen. I put my password and then it just reloads the page and asks for my password again (I have the correct password and it doesn't give any wrong password warning). It does that no matter the sign in option I choose.

I also tried to reboot again, in case it was some sort of quick problem, but that didn't help.