[6 Ways] How to Fix D Drive Missing in Windows 10/11 | D/E Drive Not Showing Up

A hard drive stores most of the data in your computer, which consists of information very dear to you. Therefore, if the D drive disappears, all your data on the drive might be lost forever. are several reasons that may lead to the “hard drive keeps disappearing” error. In this video, we will show you 6 ways to fix local and external drive disappeared error in Windows 10. Before we get started, Subscribe to our channel so you don’t miss out on any future videos. Windows 10 comes with a troubleshooting program that shall help you fix the error. It runs a check through the device, identifying any faults in it or verifying it as “normal” Open "Control Panel" from the Right-hand Column in the "Start" menu. Open "Troubleshooting" in the panel and now run the "Hardware and Device Troubleshooter" to fix the issue. You can rescan all your systems disk using Disk Management. Right-click the Start button, and then select Disk Management. On the top left corner click on Action and choose Rescan Disks. That’s it now your system will scan and show all the connected drives. You can use System Restore to apply a restore point to see hard drive and fix the problem But this method work only if you have enabled or created system restore point previously. Open Start and Search for Create a restore point, and click the top result to open the System Properties page. Click the System Restore button. Press the Next button. Select the restore point to fix problems on Windows. Click the Next button and click on the Finish button. Device drivers play a crucial role in your drive’s recognition to the computer. If the drivers are faulty or obsolete, the process may be obstructed which may result in the “hard drive disappeared” error. To update driver Right click on Start menu and choose Device Manager. Expand “Disk drives” and right-click on your disappeared disk. Choose ‘Update driver’ and follow the wizard to check and install the driver update. You may also download updated disk driver from your drive manufacturer’s support site and install it manually. If the above methods failed to produce good results for you, the next method is to Change Drive Letter and Paths via Disk Management. Right-click the Start button, and then select Disk Management. In Disk Management, right-click the volume which disappeared and you want to change or add a drive letter, and then select Change Drive Letter and Paths. To change the drive letter, select Change, and now decide your new drive letter and click Ok and then select Yes when prompted about how programs that rely on the drive letter might not run correctly. When nothing works, the last resort you can go with is formatting the hard drive. Doing this will eliminate every kind of conflicting bugs from the hard drive. However, it will erase all of your data on the hard drive. Therefore, before you begin, it's recommended to recover your files from the disk to avoid any mistake or causing data loss. What if you lost data because of hard drive not appeared? To recover data from local or external hard drive, download and install Tenorshare 4DDiG on your computer. Launch the program and select the disappeared drive and then click Start to scan. The program will fast scan the drive to find loss data on it. After the scanning, you can choose files to preview and then click Recover to save them to a safe location. Hopefully these methods can help you to solve hard drive disappeared error. If you want to recover data from the disappeared hard disk, just try Tenorshare 4DDiG. Subscribe our channel if you want more useful tips. See you next time.

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Length: 4min 1sec (241 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 26 2021