Windows 10: My hard drive is showing up as Local Disk D:.

I am searching under disk management and see my hard drive. It shows as layout-simple and type-basic. The status is Healthybasic data partition. Could someone please let me know how I can access all my stuff on it.

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External hard drive is showing up as local disk drive

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



As you have mentioned that the external hard drive is showing as local disk drive instead of a USB drive, it is because the file format for the external hard drive is same as the internal hard drive and that’s why it is showing
up as a local disk drive and not a USB drive.



Also, since you are facing issues while changing the drive letter of the drive, for further clarity on the issue and to guide you accordingly, respond to the questions listed below:

1. What is the make and model of the hard drive?
   
2. Were you able to save or create a file on the hard drive previously?
   
3. What happens when you try to copy and paste the data from the hard drive?
   
4. What was the result of check disk performed on the drive?
   

Since you are receiving the access denied error, I would suggest you to check if the user has appropriate permissions to read/write data on the external hard drive. Refer the article

"Access Denied" or other errors when you access or work with files and folders in Windows, refer the section
I cannot access, change, save, or delete files and folders.



Note:
The above article applies to Windows 10 also.



Please get back to us with the above information to assist you further with the issue.



We await your response.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

My Local Disk D drive is looked

Hi,

I recently did a recovery on my surface pro 3 because it was slow so I thought about it's time to reinstall windows. However, after the recovery was done, my local disk D got locked. My C drive shows an icon of an open silver lock, however my local disk
D drive shows a golden lock that is locked. I don't know how that happened but I have a lot important stuff on my D drive and I don't know the 48-digits recovery key. Any suggestions?

Thank you

 

Unable to open local disk D

Hello! My name is Mostafa, and I will try my best to assist you with this so that you find a satisfactory solution.

I’m sorry that you are experiencing this issue.

Please follow the steps below:

Right-click on the Start button, select "Disk Management" from the menu, and see if your Local Disk D is listed there. If it is, make sure it has a drive letter assigned to it. If it doesn't, you can assign a drive letter by right-clicking on the drive and selecting "Change Drive Letter and Paths."

Open a Command Prompt as an administrator by right-clicking the Start button, selecting "Command Prompt (Admin)," and then typing the command chkdsk D: /f and pressing Enter. This will initiate a disk check on Local Disk D.

If you still have issues, please use 3rd party app to check your Drive health.

If the above steps do not help, reach out to me, and I will be happy to help and try my best to resolve your issue. Thank you.

Best,

Mostafa