Windows 10: tried to access my D: drive and somehow this appeared when i typed it in. It is useless and...

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D drive

Hi,

Based on the details you have provided us, it appears that there might be some corrupted contents on the said partition. We can also consider that this is caused by a virus.

For us to check if a certain virus is hiding your files, kindly follow the steps below:

• Type Command prompt in the search bar.
• Type-in the following command:
  
  attrib -h -r -s /s /d D:\*.*
• Press Enter to execute the command.

If you think that there is nothing important stored in it, then we suggest that you reformat your D drive so that you can use the free space for important files.

You can follow the steps below to start with the process:

• Click on the File Explorer.
• Select This PC.
• Right-click on your D drive, then click on Format.
• Follow the on-screen process to finish formatting the partition.

Let us know how it goes so that we can further assist you.

 

Cannot access D drive since upgrading to Windows 10.

Hello Judy,



Thank you for replying quickly with the status of the issue.



Please reply to few more questions:

• 
  Is the D: drive located on the same hard disk or on different hard disk?
  
• 
  Did you have any important data saved on the
  D: drive?
  

If the D: is saved on another hard disk and you are unable to access it, I suggest you to format the drive completely and check if the issue is resolved.



To format the hard disk, follow the steps below:

• 
  Press Windows logo + X keys on the keyboard and select
  Disk management option.
  
• 
  Right click on the D: drive and select
  Format option.
  
• 
  Wait for the formatting to complete and check if the changes are effective.
  

Write to us with the status of the issue for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

Drive D appears with question mark in explorer and is not accessible even after updating drivers

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand the difficulties that you are unable to access the D drive on the PC.
In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below:

• What is the Version and Build of Windows 10 installed on the PC? (Type
  winver in Windows search/Run command)
• ​Is the D: drive an internal drive or an external hard drive?
• Are you aware of any changes prior to this issue?

Meanwhile, we would suggest you to perform these steps.



Method 1: Run Chkdsk

Checks the file system and file system metadata of a volume for logical and physical errors.
We would suggest you to refer this article and perform
CHKDSK/f on the PC.



Method 2: Update the hardware drivers.

We would suggest you to click on Detect Driver tab beside “Let us analyze your system to find the latest updates” from
Dell Website and follow the onscreen steps. Also, if the Dell
Alienware 15 R2 is running Intel storage, then install and update the

Intel driver



Please help us with the screenshot of the Disk Management window
(Press Windows + X key > Select Disk Management) for further investigation. (Please follow the steps mentioned in the
screenshot posted
by Shawn ‘Cmdr’ Keene on Oct 2, 2015 to post the screenshots.) Do not share any personal information in the screenshots.



Regards,



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator