Windows 10: Drive partition F: automatically hides upon restarting.

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  1. Drive partition F: automatically hides upon restarting.


    My F: partition is a new partition I created. I am constantly going into disk management and changing the drive letter to F to make it visible. After restarting, partition F is no longer visible in File Explorer. I repeat the process with the same results. My other partitions behave normally. How to I get F to remain visible?

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    YashGuptaYoshi, Oct 17, 2021
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    Hello Kathy,

    Based on the information you have provided in your post; we need to do further investigation. To assist you better, we'd like to know the following:

    • Have you tried using a third party software to manage the disk partition?
    • Did you format the drive?

    We suggest that you check for the drive in the Disk Management and look if it appears. Follow these steps:

    • Log on as administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.
    • Press Windows+R key and type diskmgmt.msc and then click OK.
    Look if the Drive F: appears and check if it is unallocated.

    Looking forward to your update.
     
    Marvin Barc, Oct 17, 2021
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    Microsoft is aware that previously-hidden partitions are improperly being assigned drive letters after installing the April 2018 Update. As a result, they now appear in Disk Management and File Explorer. These partitions are typically recovery partitions
    used by the Windows Recovery Environment or by the Original Equipment Manufacturer. It is not recommended that you attempt to delete or reformat these partitions as this may have adverse effects on your ability to recover Windows. Microsoft is currently working
    to address the issue in a future Windows Update, and we’ll update this thread when a solution becomes available.

    (Update 5/14/18: The solution that will soon be released via Windows Update will only prevent this issue from occurring for devices that install the April 2018 Update after the solution is released. If you've already installed the April 2018 Update and are
    experiencing this issue, you'll need to follow the steps below if you want to hide these partitions.)

    Although you can safely ignore these partitions, if you prefer do away with the low disk space warnings and hide the partitions so they no longer appear in File Explorer, you can do so by manually removing the partition’s assigned drive letter. To do this:

    1. Select the Start button, type cmd and then right-click Command Prompt in the search results and select Run as administrator.

    2. In the Administrator: Command Prompt window, type diskpart and press Enter.

    3. Type list volume and press Enter.

    4. Make note of the volume number for the drive letter you want to remove. For example, if the drive letter you want to remove is Drive “F”, note the volume number for Drive F.

    5. Type the following command, and press Enter.

    select volume <volume number>

    When typing this command, in place of <volume number>, substitute the volume number you made note of in Step 4. In the example above, if the volume number for drive F is 5, you would type: select volume 5

    6. Type the following command and press Enter.

    remove letter=<drive letter>

    When typing this command, in place of <drive letter>, substitute the drive letter you want to remove. In this example, you would type: remove letter=F

    7. Close the Command Prompt window.
     
    Andre for Directly, Oct 17, 2021
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    Drive partition F: automatically hides upon restarting.

    W7 Hard drive partition issue

    to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

    - press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
    - diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
    - list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
    - select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
    - clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
    - create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
    - exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
    - click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that
     
    W1zzard, Oct 17, 2021
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