Windows 10: secondary disk drive is locking up my whole computer

Following the latest windows update my computer had a number of problems, which have been resolved -- mostly.


I have a 500 gb WD disk that has been used to store data files, photos, etc. I installed and formatted another disk for storage, a 1 tb WD. I would like to move the data that is on the old problem disk to the new disk. But even though I put the old problem disk on an external usb hookup, the whole system, including my C disk, continues to lock up when I click on the File Explorer icon on the desktop task bar or when I click on a folder in the old problem disk. So, I am unable to access or move files.


On the problem disk in the file explorer window the yellow/green bar drags across the top of the window and then halts when I do click on a folder.


I did the Task Manager routine of restarting File Explorer and so on, but the problem just returns.


But then problem does not exist when I remove the problem disk from inside the computer or from the usb hookup. The computer works fine then.


I remember that the problem disk was about half to two-thirds full before it started having problems. If that amount of space has changed since, I have no idea.


Everything I have seen that offers solutions seems to focus on the main operating system disk, C. But I could not see any solutions relevant to secondary or storage drives. If a solution was applicable to another drive, I don't know how to change the drive designation to it or to get the solution procedure to connect to it.


It would be nice to get the problem drive working again, or better still get its files moved over to the newer larger disk -- without the problems on the old disk coming with them.


Thanks for your patience.

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Installing the Windows 10 1909 Update causes my secondary hard drive to not be recognized.

Steps to confirm issue:

• Secondary drive not visible in Windows Explorer
• Secondary drive not visible in device manager
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Steps to replicate issue:

• Installing 1909 update

Steps to resolve issue:

• Uninstall 1909 update

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I have a Dell XPS-17 L702X laptop running Windows 10 Pro x64. I upgraded my 500GB internal secondary drive to a 1TB drive. I did not do a quick format of this new 1TB but rather did the full, longer format. The new, upgraded 1TB secondary drive was made active and assigned the drive letter D, which is the same drive letter as the original 500GB internal secondary drive. I don't have any problems accessing this new 1TB Drive D but I notice a problem with the drive listings in Computer Management.

I know that Drive C is the OS drive and is marked Disk 0 and that my internal secondary Drive D should be marked as Disk 1. However, the internal secondary drive is listed twice, once as Disk 1 partition 1 (Simple-Basic-Raw-Formatting) and also as New Volume D (Simple-Basic-NTFS-Healthy Active Primary Partition). I think I made a mistake during the initial formatting when I chose quick format and then cancelled the operation, instead selecting the full format.

I believe that my new, internal secondary drive should be marked in Computer Management as Disk 1 partition 1 (Simple-Basic-NTFS-Healthy Active Primary Partition). How do I remove the extra listing "Disk 1 partition 1 (Simple-Basic-Raw-Formatting), which is the third listing down from the top? I don't know why is still shows as "Formatting" because when I attempt to cancel this listing it tells me that it is already formatted.

I have attached a screenshot of my Computer Management window. You can disregard "New Volume F" as this is an external 1TB drive that I use as a backup for my Drive D and also to store a redundant copy of an Acronis full backup of Drive C. I am currently transferring the information from my old 500 GB Secondary Drive D which I had previously copied to New Volume F, from the New Volume F drive to my new 1TBSecondary Drive D, the one listed as New Volume D (Simple-Basic-NTFS-Healthy Active Primary Partition).

How do I remove the extra listing "Disk 1 partition 1 (Simple-Basic-Raw-Formatting) and if I remove it will the listing now shown as New Volume D (Simple-Basic-NTFS-Healthy Active Primary Partition) be relisted as Disk 1 partition 1 (Simple-Basic-NTFS-Healthy Active Primary Partition) or will it still be listed as New Volume D (Simple-Basic-NTFS-Healthy Active Primary Partition)? I can't find any way to delete "Disk 1 partition 1 (Simple-Basic-Raw-Formatting)" and I don't know if I will cause problems by deleting it. In any event, I have an extra drive listing in Computer Management that should not be there.

I have also attached a screenshot of how these drives are listed on my computer under "This PC" in the Start Menu. I could be wrong, but I believe that my internal secondary drive should be listed as Local Disk D.

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Thank you.