Windows 10: My separate D: hard drive keeps disappearing from Windows 11.

Discus and support My separate D: hard drive keeps disappearing from Windows 11. in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; It reappears after I reboot then stays for the rest of the day over many log off and sign in..There was a reply that is now locked but it was regarding... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Peter Bunge, Oct 18, 2023.

  1. PETER BUNGE
    Peter Bunge Win User

    My separate D: hard drive keeps disappearing from Windows 11.


    It reappears after I reboot then stays for the rest of the day over many log off and sign in..There was a reply that is now locked but it was regarding a separate partition on the C: drive. My D: drive is a second hard drive.This is very annoying.

    :)
     
    Peter Bunge, Oct 18, 2023
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  2. BEN HINES1
    Ben Hines1 Win User

    Hard Drive Keeps Disappearing after Windows 11 Update

    Hard drive keeps disappearing. On re-boot it re-appears. Then it's ok for a bit and disappears again. C drive is ok. It's the D drive that keeps disappearing. It's an internal drive. I just did the Windows 11 update on 2/8/2023. That's when the issue started. Don't have the option in settings to roll back to previous version.
     
    Ben Hines1, Oct 18, 2023
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  3. ITAY_373
    itay_373 Win User
    d drive keep disappearing..

    Hi,

    my d drive keep disappearing,

    i tried chkdsk the drive, but the process suddenly stops and d drive disapper

    i really don't know what to do..
     
    itay_373, Oct 18, 2023
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  4. BREE
    Bree Win User

    My separate D: hard drive keeps disappearing from Windows 11.

    D: drive disappeared

    Welcome to Ten Forums vm303

    Your Disk 1 reappeared later without you doing anything, so it looks like a loose cable was the most likely cause.

    The windows update was almost certainly just a coincidence. When you looked in Disk Management you probably didn't see your Disk 1, so you incorrectly assumed that the partition with no drive letter was the missing 'D:'. In actual fact it was most likely to have been your hidden Recovery partition. The size of 809MB and only getting 'Help' with a right-click would be consistent with that.

    That confirms that you are looking at a Recovery partition.

    Now that D: has reappeared (with a different letter now) we know that it was in fact a completely separate disk, not a partition on your Disk 0 as you thought. Now you have your Disk 1 back again, I suggest you check all the cables and connections for that drive. We don't want it to disappear again.

    That also means that your steps 4-6 were unnecessary and need to be undone. The correct ID for a Recovery partition on an MBR disk such as yours is 27. Here are screenshots of a similar MBR system disk to show how it should look after you have set everything back the way it was.


    My separate D: hard drive keeps disappearing from Windows 11. 322436d1615636681t-d-drive-disappeared-mbr-disk-layout.png



    My separate D: hard drive keeps disappearing from Windows 11. 322437d1615636681t-d-drive-disappeared-mbr-recovery-partition-id.png
     
    Bree, Oct 18, 2023
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