Windows 10: Missing Drive D

Hi! My laptop has been having the problem of crashing whenever I use some of the Adobe products. This stopped happening with time but my Drive D disappeared in the process. I need to access Drive D again to obtain some of my files. Thank you and really hoping you could help me.

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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.

 

windows 10 missing D: drive

Hello Jean,

We realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with missing D: drive from your system. We will certainly help you.

We suggest you to kindly follow the suggestion from the below link and check if it helps:

D drive missing after Windows 10 upgrade

Let us know the results. We will be happy to assists you further.

Thank you.

 

D drive missing after Windows 10 upgrade

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I’m sorry to know that the D drive disappeared after upgrading to Windows 10. I’ll certainly help you with this.

Before we proceed, I would like to know more about the issue. Please answer the following questions to help you better.

• Have you used any third party software to manage Disk partition?
• Did you format the drive?
• What is the make and model of your computer?

I suggest you to check for the drive in Disk Management
and see if it appears there. Follow the 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.
• See if the drive D: appears.
  

Also run the hardware and troubleshooter
and check if it helps.

• 
  Press “Windows Key + R”, type
  Control Panel.
  
• 
  Then type “Troubleshooter” in the Search box and hit enter.
  
• 
  Select “Hardware and Sound” from the Troubleshooter Window.
  
• 
  Select “Hardware and Devices”
  and follow the instruction.
  
• 
  Check if the issue is resolved
  

Keep us posted with the status of the issue and get back to us with the required information. We’ll be glad to assist if you need further assistance.

Thank you.