Windows 10: Missing E Drive

I had an E drive with over 200 gigabytes of memory. Today I was using some software when it suddenly crashed. I tried running it again, but it prompted me to find a 'valid file location'. I searched my computer, and realised my E drive was missing out of a sudden. I tried going to the disk management, but my E drive seemed to disappear out of a sudden. I already used up all the memory in my C Drive so I cannot reinstall my softwares there. I also do not want to pay for recovery softwares. Can someone help me? Thanks in advance.

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E: drive is missing and couldn’t boot the computer.

Hi,

Please answer the below questions to get a better clarity on the issue.

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  What is the make and model of the hard drive?
  
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  Did you made any changes to the computer prior to the issue?
  
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  Are you getting any error messages during the issue?
  
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  Have you used any third party software to manage Disk partition?
  
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  When you sad "it almost immediately forgot it was there" What exactly you were referring to?
  

I suggest you to perform the check disc process for the drive. Please follow the below steps:

1. Press Windows key + x and select Command Prompt (Admin).

2. Type the below commands.

chkdsk [drive letter]: /f /r

Example: chkdsk C: /f /r

Disclaimer: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost. Please create a backup before performing
a check disk.

If the issue still persist, I suggest you to try the troubleshooting steps provided by
Sangeeta Sarkar in the below link and check if the issue is resolved.



D drive missing after Windows 10 upgrade



Hope the issue gets resolved.

Get back to us for further assistance, we will be glad to help you.

 

Why did the startup window get cleared?

I didn't missed any step, the list was gone and gone , even after using lot of programs the programs were not listed in that list.

 

Windows 10 Anniversary Update and Seagate GoFlex Missing Drives

Hi,

I understand the inconvenience caused.

It is unusual that the drives went missing after installing the anniversary update. I suggest you to try changing the drive letter through disk management by following the steps below and check if it helps.

1. Press Windows key + R.

2. Type diskmgmt.msc and press enter.

3. If the drive is listed, right click on it and select "change drive letter".

4. Choose a different drive letter and save the changes.

Let us know the result.