Windows 10: Need help on recovering missing Local D: Drive

This is after accidentally stopping a program in the task manager which I had the intention to stop a software stored in the d drive after causing too much lag, the software was linked below a certain program and the program name was win-64 something I forgot the full program name. Which made my HDD drive missing in the pc, So I tried to fix it through the common methods found in the internet, which was restarting and rescanning through the disk management and updating my drives through the device manager, But to no avail, the D drive was not appearing. I then tried checking through command

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Missing D drive

I had to reset my laptop not to long ago, and when I did I noticed I had lost the D drive, I didn't question this, as I assumed the petition was just something that is done with hard drives, and a reset removes. Until recently when I noticed that I'm missing the 900GB that the D drive had. Any idea how to recover the drive, or the missing storage.

If it helps, it was one hard drives with a partition.

 

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

 

D Drive Missing After Fragmentation

Hi dear, My name is Erfan and I'll be more than happy to help you out today!

I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing this issue.

I suggest you try the steps that I mentioned below:

Check your BIOS for drive detection.

Check the connections between your D drive and computer.

Check Disk Management for the D drive and assign a drive letter if necessary.

Run a disk check on the D drive for errors.

Try using a data recovery tool to retrieve any data from the missing drive.

I hope this information could help you to fix this issue!

Please don't hesitate to let me know if you need any further assistance.

Kind regards,

Erfan