Windows 10: Is there a way to add other drives to the C drive without the risk of losing data?

Discus and support Is there a way to add other drives to the C drive without the risk of losing data? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I have 2 M.2 drives and 2 older mechanical hard drives. Since there’s only data on one of the drives I was going to combine the other 3 into the D... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/JohnnyCatz15, Jan 16, 2021.

  1. Is there a way to add other drives to the C drive without the risk of losing data?


    I have 2 M.2 drives and 2 older mechanical hard drives. Since there’s only data on one of the drives I was going to combine the other 3 into the D drive but is there a way to combine all 4 without losing data? Also is there a way to set the order that the drives are used?

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    /u/JohnnyCatz15, Jan 16, 2021
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  2. No C: but D: drive has all the data

    Hi Austin,

    To help you with your concern regarding the data on the drive C:, you're seeing the drive "C:" as the drive "D:" because you're booting your computer outside Windows. When booting your computer outside Windows, the system is reading the recovery partition
    as drive C: and the data in the drive C: \ are listed on the drive D: \. Try to boot your computer and try to check again the data in the drive C: \ and see if the data are listed.

    Regards.
     
    Virfranz Man, Jan 16, 2021
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  3. steveeyes Win User
    Unallocated Drive but don't want to lose the data

    After windows 10 last update my windows was corrupted and I could not find a fix. After hours of research and trying to find a way to fix my problem I decided reinstalling windows was the way to go.

    I have two internal drives. Drive C and Drive D. My drive C works fine and all my window problems were fixed. But now I don't see my drive D even though it is there. When I ran windows Disk Management it shows the drive but it is unallocated.

    My drive D is loaded with data that I don't want to lose. When searching for a solution, ever solution was an ad for buying software to fix the problem. If that is what I have to do I will but before I take another step I wanted to get feedback. Maybe if I would of done that in the first place I would not be having this problem.

    So the question is. How do I fix my unallocated internal Drive D without losing the data on it.

    Thanks

    p.s. I'm using windows 10
     
    steveeyes, Jan 16, 2021
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  4. RonBarker Win User

    Is there a way to add other drives to the C drive without the risk of losing data?

    Can't find the C drive in Windows 10

    All the suggestions above work, however, the easiest way to find C Drive is to type>This PC in the search box>Right click on>This PC and choose pin to taskbar. The hiding of C Drive and other Drives is another one of Microsoft's one-step forward and three-steps
    back.
     
    RonBarker, Jan 16, 2021
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