D Drive Suddenly Missing in Windows 10/11? (Solved with 5 Solutions)

hello and welcome to yet another recovered video  have you ever found yourself puzzled by the sudden   disappearance of the D drive on your Windows  system well actually that's pretty common amongst   Windows users this problem while frequent can be  quite surprising and often happens at the same   time as recent updates on Windows 10 or 11 the D  drive is important for storing local information   and it holds things like Memories software files  system files that all are needed to keep your   device running smoothly and that's precisely what  I'll be showing you today a step-by-step guide on   solving the mysterious case of the missing D drive  I'm Yours Sherlock Holmes or a copycat that's not   as exciting and fun and yeah if you find this  content useful don't forget to subscribe to our   Channel drop a comment below and interact with us  we always always respond to comments and we want   to know if your issue has been solved or not and  if not we'll try to help you as much as [Music] possible if you have not been using  Windows for a long time this can be   an unsettling experience especially if you  don't know the reasonings behind it can be   very frustrating I will now show you the  top reasons behind the occurrence of the   D drive missing error reason number one drive  letter conflict with cd/ DVD drive one of the   main reasons is a conflict in Drive letters  because usually the CD or DVD drive that is   used for updates may have the same letter as  the D drive reason number two system changes   post Windows update after updating Windows  10 or 11 you may observe that the D drive   is no longer present reason number three  accidental deletion or formatting reason   number four hidden D drive understanding these  reasons is the first step toward solving the   problem and now that you know the top causes of  this issue I will now show you ways to fix this issue method one assign D drive letter to the  partition via SMD assigning D drive letter to   the partition using SMD can help you fix this  issue by using this method that I'm about to   show you and to do this you first click on the  start button then you should type CMD and right   click on command prompt from the search results a  lot of options will come up so what you need to do   is from there is to select run as administrator  once the command prompt opens type dis part and   press enter Then type list volume and press  enter you will see a list of all volumes on   your computer locate the volume that does not have  a drive letter which is your missing D drive it   might be recognized by its size then type select  volume X replacing x with the volume number at   last type aign letter equals D and press enter  now close command prompt method to rescan discs   even though the issue kind of looks complex trust  me that sometimes simply rescanning your disc can   do the magic now to resan your disc you should  let's click on the start button and type dis   management into the search box and select it from  the results in the Disk Management window click   on the actions menu at the top and from the drop  down select rescan discs method three restore your   computer to a previous point if you had recently  done an upgrade to your system it can make the   issue pop up out of nowhere so all you need to  do is try rebooting or returning your system to   a previous point and hope it works here's how  you can go about that let's click on the start   button and type system restore and select create  a restore point from the results now navigate to   system protection and in system properties window  go to the system protection tab now click on the   system restore button and choose a restore  point and follow the prompt now click next   and then finish confirm any prompts method four  make the hidden drives show sometimes maybe for   privacy you may hide some drives on your system  and while it brings you some privacy it may also   cost you by making your system misbehave if you  suspect that those hidden drives might be the   problem to why your system is misbehaving making  them show might fix the problem so here's how you   make the hidden drives show let's click on the  start button and type Disk Management into the   search box and select it from the results now  locate hidden drive and in the lower section   of the dis management window find any drives  without letters which they may appear gr out   now assign a drive letter and right click  on the hidden drive and choose change Drive   letter and paths and then click add and assign  a drive letter method 5 update the dis driver   this should be a know fact if your drivers are  outdated they will come with a pack of problems   and the only way out is to update your drivers  so here's how you can do it let's click on the   start button and type device manager into the  search box and select it from the results Now   find and update the drive by following these  methods you should no longer be dealing with   the D drive suddenly missing issues and if you  need more clarity please feel free to use the   comment section below to ask for anything and  we'll try our best to respond to you as soon as   possible before you go please do not forget to  leave a like on this video And subscribe to our   channel so you don't miss on any future videos we  have in store for you and see you in the next one

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Length: 6min 6sec (366 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 16 2023