D Drive Suddenly Missing on Windows 10/11? Easy Fix ✅

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:19 How to recover data from D drive
02:42 Re-scan the D drive
03:19 Reinstall drivers
04:04 Unhide the D drive
04:47 Reassign the drive letter
05:13 Try System Restore
06:07 Conclusion

First, we need to actually recover the data off of our D drive or the D partition, in order to protect our data from being lost or overwritten. To do that, we are going to be using a data recovery tool called Disk Drill.
Disk Drill is the software suite that we need to get this task done. It includes all the tools you need to recover, but also protect and optimize your data to the fullest, regardless of the scenario that you're in. Specifically, it will allow us to scan for files that we cannot physically see inside Windows Explorer, which is key in this situation because we actually can't physically see or access our D Drive.

📌 To recover data from the disappeared D drive:
1. Download and install Disk Drill.
2. Select your D drive in the disk list.
3. Click the Search for lost data button to initiate scanning.
4. Select the files (photos, music files, videos, documents, etc.) you wish to restore and click Recover.
5. Choose a recovery location. Make sure that your recovery location is not a D drive.
6. Click next and complete the recovery procedure.

Once we recovered our data from the missing D drive, we can proceed to the different methods to restore the drive functionality on Windows 10 and 11 PC after the Windows update or in case it just not showing up.

Method 1: Rescanning Disk
To do that:
1. Hit (Windows key + X) and click Disk Management.
2. Select the drive you want to rescan. Then, click Action, Rescan Disks.
3. Wait until the rescanning is complete.

Method 2: Update Your Drivers
To do that:
1. Hit (Windows key + X) and click Device Manager.
2. Expand the Disk drives option and right-click your drive, Update driver.
3. In the pop-up, select Search Automatically For the Drivers.

Method 3: Unhide Partition Using GPedit
To do that:
1. Hit (Windows key + R).
2. Type GPEDIT.MSC in the text field. Then, click OK.
3. On the left sidebar, click User Configuration, Administrative Templates. Then choose Windows Components.
4. From the list, click File Explorer.
5. Click Hide These Specified Drives in My Computer.
6. If you find any hidden drives, select Disabled in the top-left corner of the window. Then, click Apply, then Okay.

Method 4: Change or Assign a Drive Letter
To do that:
1. Hit (Windows key + X) and click Disk Management.
2. Right-click on the unassigned drive. From the drop-down list, choose Change Drive Letter and Paths.
3. Click Add.
4. Using the dropdown button, select the letter you want to assign to your drive. Then, click OK to apply the changes.

Method 5: Restore the Entire System
To do that:
1. Open Control Panel, System and Security. Then, click System.
2. Scroll down until seeing Advanced System Settings under the Related Settings section.
3. Navigate to the System Protection tab, then click System Restore.
4. From the list, choose a restore point dated before your D drive went missing. Then, click Next.
5. From here, follow the wizard until you are prompted to restart. You may want to click Scan for affected programs if you suspect that an app caused your D drive to go missing. Once your system is rebooted, it should be restored to the state it was when the restore point was created.

There are plenty of reasons why D Drive is not showing up. Faulty OS update, physical damage, hard drive corruption, or it can suddenly become hidden. I hope that these methods can help you to solve the problem.

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[sarahhardridge]

This video is supposed to be about the fact that I don't have a d drive I don't have anything but a C So how can I save anything to another drive when there's no other drive but C

[venkatv]

Hi my laptop D drive one folder is disappered or missing . how to resolve. i tried all recovery softwares but still im not found that folder.. how to recover please help me

[dstorm]

Just in case this helps anyone... My D Drive dissappeared this morning. Later that night, I uninstalled my local Google Drive app in my computer which had it's own G: drive. Restarted my PC... and D drive came back as 'new volume'.

[jpv]

hi, quick question, how can i fix my hard drive that is detectable on bios but can't find it anywhere on windows, and it boots so slow too, it boots like minimum 30mins. hope you can see this, thank you!

[unknownbenefactor]

my D drive is just disappear I can't see it in anywhere. is it corrupted? or it may be cause by external issue? is it possible for it to just disppear becuase I install the third drive and didn't use it for sometime?

I cannot access gpedit because I use window 10 home...

[Anonymous-UserX]

My D drive keeps disappearing and I have a temporary fix but it gets kinda annoying because I have to do it often and it's I have to unplug and then replug back in and it comes back, idk if this is normal or not I am new to external hard drives lol. Can someone help?

[alina-m]

Thank you for the informative guide! “Unhide the D Drive” option helped me.

[andrewysk]

Hey guys, I'm in a bit of a pickle with my computer - my dang D drive has gone MIA. I've tried all the usual fixes like checking disk management and scanning for errors, but no luck so far. I'm low-key freaking out because I had some important stuff saved on there. Anyone else been in this boat before or got any tips to share? Hit me up in the comments if you do, I'm desperate for some help!

[SultanKhan-lmxp]

work for me! I open Disk Manager and clicked on action and scan disk (all)

[djempathie.]

is this ok? I just made a partition in windows 10 with a flash drive, but when i remove my flash drive, the partition disappears...is that right? I thought you could take out your partition from laptop, after you finished. Then why do i see others with so many partitions on there laptops

[dancingmomshies]

Thank you very much for sharing this video. Though none actually works for me but as i read comments in here and from other videos I saw someone's comment that he just turned off his computer for a few minutes and turned it on. I did the same...bwalaahh it actually works for me I got my drive D & E back!! just sharing this.. might also works on others. Good luck guys!

[spicylemons]

Hello, so my problem started while I ran ccleaner, I did a clean and after I did that it was as if it deleted my disk D entirely. Once I restarted the computer it was there again, though after trying to run an application on my disk D it stopped responding and it automatically closed my file browser. Afterwards it was gone again.
I have no backup point to go back to, I‘ve tried to scan for disks but it‘s as if it‘s been physically removed. My Disk D is hardware.
I‘m really not good with computers so I’ve tried following tutorials but nothing has worked so far. I even tried using the control Center to rename the disk back to disk D, though it hasn‘t worked. The only thing I haven’t tried so far is to use a file recovery software

[gordonpollock]

my external hard drive only shows up as a network location. the only step i cant seem to take is the system restore

[simple]

windows cant scan my drive, its not hidden i have tried everything in this video it doesnt work but when i go into the disk drill app it shows my drive and all my files just fine

[riftfontain]

This isnt helping. My New Volume Drive gone. It use to be there whenever i shut down my computer and turn it back on but now its gone no matter how many times i scan or boot up my laptop

[amarcade]

Hi, quick question that I understand you may not have the answer to but I thought I'd ask. I was messing around with my computer a few days ago and installed a Linux Distro on a drive I don't use, and unplugged both windows boot drive and extra D drive for files to make sure I wasn't accidentally installing the software on those. I went about my business and decided I wanted to use windows again, and upon booting back up, I saw that the time zone on my pc changed to multiple hours ahead (4 if that helps) and that all of my drives, and any drives I put into the computer now are undetected, and can't have their drive letters changed in disk manager. I have a feeling like windows locked itself up or something but am quite unsure what's going on. I did the disk drill scan and it looks like all of my files are still on the D drive, and my windows drive works fine. Hopefully someone has a solution to this, but if not no worries. Thanks, and have a good one

[southwestfishingfanatics]

so my D drive is finally showing back up but it says its empty now and i dont have any choice to recover the files from disk drill and download then to my D drive. Any recommendations?

[pkmohammed]

please help me restore my d drive i did all the steps and it did not restore the D drive what should i do or if someone could get in a call with me or somethiing

[andreaskoutsouvanos]

when i put my disc to other pc is shows my disc i change and the sata cable and is all good when i use the disk on my pc then is disapear
this hgappens after i download a virtual box and create a virtual pc with kali linux

[DavesDimension]

im not quite sure im having the same issue perhaps you can advise me. I just built a new pc(aorus z790 prox motherboard) if i use an external dock/hard drive reader...the pc can view the drive and its files through my pc. However if i install the hard drive directly in the pc....i cant see it in my pc....but can see the drive listed in disk management. I have this issue no matter what hard drive i use. The drives work fine on my old pc. any advice?