Windows 10: Drive doesn't show up in optimize drives

Discus and support Drive doesn't show up in optimize drives in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi,I have an issue my C ssd windows and programs and E drives recovery a partition of the hard disk drive that normally shows up as D show up in... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Thomas Speak1, Mar 20, 2023.

  1. Drive doesn't show up in optimize drives


    Hi,I have an issue my C ssd windows and programs and E drives recovery a partition of the hard disk drive that normally shows up as D show up in optimize drives but my D internal storage disk and F external drive don't show up.They are both available in file explorer and I have checked both for errors.I found "F: Drive does not appear on "Optimize Drives" program - Microsoft Community"And followed the advice in this and like the original poster in this it didn't work.No extra advice was given to the OP so I can't find an answer to how to move forward.Many thanksTom

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    Thomas Speak1, Mar 20, 2023
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  2. packzap Win User

    Optimize drive - does not show in list

    After restart, same problem. The drive does not show in the list of drives to Optimize. Drive doesn't show up in optimize drives :(

    I do not have access to another Windows computer to connect the drive and isolate the problem.
     
    packzap, Mar 20, 2023
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  3. Optime Drive - Doesn't Recognize External Hard Drive

    When I Select "Defragment and Optimize Drives" my external USB 3.0 hard drive is not among the drives listed that can be analyzed or optimized. The reply to another similar post suggested reading and following the recommendations in a separate
    article "Optimize Windows for better performance" which I did but found no useful information there. Any other suggestions
    or alternatives?
     
    RonKockler, Mar 20, 2023
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  4. packzap Win User

    Drive doesn't show up in optimize drives

    Optimize drive - does not show in list

    The drive that does not show in the Windows 10 list to optimize, reports as type "dynamic" in Disk Management (Disk 0, drive letters E: and FDrive doesn't show up in optimize drives :). Screen shots below.

    Could this be why that disk does not show in Optimize? How can the disk and its drive letters show up in disk management, yet fail to show in Optimize?

    Windows 10 Disk Management console:


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    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Windows 10 Optimize Drives window:


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    packzap, Mar 20, 2023
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