Windows 10: What is this Data (D:) drive showing up on my laptop?

Discus and support What is this Data (D:) drive showing up on my laptop? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; As far as I know, I only have one drive installed on my laptop. I bought it brand new and it has another slot open which I have plans to add another... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/JerinIsac, Jan 21, 2020.

  1. What is this Data (D:) drive showing up on my laptop?


    As far as I know, I only have one drive installed on my laptop. I bought it brand new and it has another slot open which I have plans to add another M.2 in the future. The laptop I have is the MSI GS65, fyi. Recently I noticed that I'm about to run out of space on my main drive and that there is a Data (DWhat is this Data (D:) drive showing up on my laptop? :) drive showing up under Devices and Drives. It this a partition made by the manufacturer? And can I store games and other files in the D drive?

    Thanks in advance!

    Screenshot of Disk Management: https://m.imgur.com/gallery/v2YowSS

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    /u/JerinIsac, Jan 21, 2020
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  2. Bross76 Win User

    All data from Drive D:/ disappeared or is not recognized


    Hello everyone

    I am using a ASUS ROG laptop with two drives: a SSD "C:/" called "OS" and a HDD "D:/" called DATA.

    After uninstalling 4 or 5 games from my laptop (properly, using the Applications list to uninstall), all my games, music, pictures, etc stored on drive D (DATA) suddenly looked to have disappeared. Steam is still working but all games show as uninstalled, Origin isn't even working at all anymore, all my music, videos etc can't be found and played anymore.

    When trying to play a mp3 from "recent files", it says that drive D is not available and the file can't be found.

    Drive D is still visible and can be opened but it appears almost empty, which shouldn't be the case. I think all my data is still there but can't be seen. I can still see all my Origin and Steam games in the Apllications list. It's like the data is not available or recognized anymore. The laptop runs fine (fast, no weird noises, no system error).

    Any suggestion? Thanks a lot!
     
    Bross76, Jan 21, 2020
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  3. Help! Data partition not showing under my computer

    This is happening on a windows 2000 server. Our second partition of the system, for data is not showing under my computer. Here are the properties of it in disk management:


    What is this Data (D:) drive showing up on my laptop? partition.jpg


    Now under logical drives its listed as F and shows free space available.

    Suggestions on how to fix this?
     
    Hybrid_theory, Jan 21, 2020
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  4. What is this Data (D:) drive showing up on my laptop?

    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.
     
    Engelsen Fad, Jan 21, 2020
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