Windows 10: My D:\ Hard Drive is missing. How do I recover it? Error: Location is not available

Before it went missing on my computer I was playing a game with my friends. We decided to mod the game but I crashed and after that I tried to open up the game but the modding software to tell me to give it the game location in the files. I tried to and that's when I realized I could only see my C:\ drive and not my D:\ drive . I restarted my pc and it popped up in my filed and when I tried to click on it I got the screenshot that I took and then after a minute it disappeared again. I also open up the disk management page from the run application and it also told me the only disk drive I had w

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D:/ location is not available

Hi Tommy,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I understand the inconvenience caused to you and will help you.

To assist you better, I would like to ask some questions.

• Is the drive “D” located in internal or external hard disk?
• Is the drive “D” displayed in Disk Management?

Please revert with necessary information and we’ll be glad to assist you.

 

Unable to recover missing partition: Error “You need to format the disk in Drive D”

Hi Perfmaster,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

I can understand the inconvenience you are experiencing with the missing partition after installing the Update.

1. Do you see a partition showing up as a RAW in disk management?

The possible cause for the Partition loss or Deletion on Windows 10:

1. Sudden power loss can corrupt Windows 10 partitions, as a result, you will not be able to access the data present on it
2. Sometimes on Windows 10 operating system, converting the dynamic partition to basic type also damage partition table on hard disk drive result in partition loss that leads to huge data disaster
3. Mistakenly formatting the HDD partition to extend the size of the partition, repartitioning, or unintentionally selecting faulty drive of Windows 10 for formatting thereby you may end up losing all data stored in it and also wipes out your existing
   partition
4. If you attempt to a dual-boot or multi-boot environment to install and run multiple OS on the same system, then it might damage the existing file system and all the partitions will go missing from Windows 10 PC

However, you may try the below suggested steps to fix the issue.

Run check disk utility

Note: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive, if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive then chkdsk tries to repair that sector, if any data available on that might be lost.

When we encounter this kind of situation, first thing we have to verify if OS is able to detect the file system on the partition on it or not. Best tool to verify this is to run chkdsk in read only mode. To do so,

1. Open Command prompt as administrator.
2. Type the command: chkdsk (driveletter /r
3. If you are asked to recover files, select 'Yes'.
4. If the above command doesn't work try with the command:
   
   Chkdsk (driveletter /f
5. Restart the computer once and check the status of the issue.
6. Repeat the same procedure by replacing the drive letter with E, if the above steps helps you to recover the missing partition.

Hope it helps.

Muralidhar

Microsoft Community Moderator

 

"Location is not available" D:\ drive

So once in a while my D:\ drive seemingly disappears from File Explorer and when I click on "Downloads" on quick access (my downloads are located in the D:\ drive) it gives me an error code "D:\Downloads is unavailable. If the location is on this PC, make sure the device or drive is connected or the disc is inserted and try again. If the location is on a network, make sure you're connected to the network or the Internet, and then try again. If the location still can't be found, it might have been moved or deleted.". Everything usually becomes normal again when I restart it, but yesterday it didn't help, so I assumed a wire came loose inside, so I opened up the box, moved the wire around a little (it didn't seem to be unplugged) and when I turned my pc back on it came back again. How do I fix this? By the way, disc D:\ is a hard disc drive.