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

[@JebusbeDevelopmentOFC]

im a game dev and recently i reinstalled windows, and noticed that my disc D was missing i almost had a heart attack 2 times now, one when i noticed it was gone, and one when it came back (with the 5th solution) words cannot begin to describe how gratefull i am, Thank you, very much, kind sir

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

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[@ramblindj2156]

All i had to do was to shut down my desktop, wait to shutdown completely, unplug it, hold down the power button to reset, plug power back up, power on & got my D drive back, :)

[@JanAtheCPA]

Me too. Apparently you have to take away the power and give it a few moments to think about the error of its ways 😀 The PC had been off for a few days, and before then I'd had it on continuously for about a week, and in the meantime there was a Win 10 update that went into action when I turned the PC on today. It seemed to take forever, and then it just went completely black screen for an even longer time (no hourglass, no cursor, no mouse, but the monitor's power lamp was still blue, indicating it was active). So I forced a reboot which appeared to be fine - until I discovered that my 1Tb D drive and all of my data simply weren't there. Disk Management showed C drive only and rescanning changed nothing. Two restarts changed nothing. Forcing shutdown and unplugging for about 10 seconds totally worked. You suggest the additional step of pressing the power button while still unplugged, and I've read about doing that (to "flush" the capacitors) and I didn't do this, but unplugging and waiting a bit (also recommended when rebooting your modem and router) worked fine for me.

[@pewpewiee]

This commenttt is 100000%% legit, thanks man. I panicked really hard and one shut down was all it takes

[@enteoz1694]

Yeah this is what fixed it for me even on a laptop, thanks.

[@DumpTruckOfH]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, THIS WORKED ❤❤

[@Disc2Reviews]

This worked for me as well! Thanks!

[@enderlemaster4411]

for me it just seems like my drive was just erased or something

[@marvello8684]

Yea same did you ever find out and fix it

[@gamerarts8455]

​@@marvello8684 most likely your drive is dead

[@marvello8684]

@@gamerarts8455 how do I check or fix

[@gamerarts8455]

@@marvello8684 well if u went to bios and didnt see your drive then its probably dead and u cant fix it, u can try to change sata or power cable if u r lucky it might fix it

[@enderlemaster4411]

@@marvello8684 i did, i dont exactly remember how because it was a year ago

[@vinter-bear3601]

For me non of those methods worked can someone please guide me what to do cuz I'm getting real panic attacks by the passage of time

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Hi there, Could you please elaborate on your question? We're glad to help.

[@DavidCrossman1]

The instructions were clear and easy to follow, unfortunately, I tried them all and none worked. All my choices were grayed out. So, I've got a terrabyte unallocated drive for which I have no 'Rename' option. Frustrating.

[@demetreologyyy6426]

Same

[@earf0]

same i dont got the rename option

[@andre_esteves5306]

same

[@Jmac4105]

did you ever figure it out? having the same problem

[@mihairaducu675]

wonder if the ones above ^ ever found their drive

[@auntanita]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. The first piece of advice was the best - don't panic! When Solution 1 didn't work, looked at the "system restore" panel. While looking around there, I noticed that my windows update was only partly completed. So I shut down my computer, let it update, and my 2 other hard drives returned. You are terrific!!!!!

[@adrianscripts8013]

where cna i find this

[@keyurkarvande6053]

Read this comment and simply decided to restart my laptop. Worked like a charm :)

[@paultheartivist]

If you have tried all the ways explained and didn’t work, your drive is most likely loose. Try to unscrew your laptop and fix that. You can put a hard paper to cover the space left in the drive slot. I struggled with my drive for months until I discovered that and fixed, it worked. All the best

[@trisha7218]

thank you this worked!

[@jeffreyreynaldo6648]

My drive appeared when I rescaned disc, but then disappeared again. rescaned again, appeared again then disappeared again.

[@anttondesperben5437]

None of the solutions work.

[@MerlinOfDrake]

Have you tried powering off the pc and then starting it

[@sksdopamineachemicalmessenger]

Same here

[@sksdopamineachemicalmessenger]

😢

[@saadkun]

Good video. D: disappeared with crucial office data. What a ruckus it caused! The suggestions in video didn't help but as someone in the comments mentioned, removing laptop battery, removing the SSD, cleaning the connectors and removing dust and putting them back resolved the issue. Gosh. What a stress and thank you to everyone for the great comments and suggestions.

[@iammrabhi6069]

thanx man thanx thanx thanx i want to thanku mannnnn 1st solution solver my problem and my xhausting day

[@shubhamnalawade869]

Thanks for the video. None of the solution worked but luckily drives came back after i restarted few times!

[@flubber_]

apparently my hard drive was vibrating and making strange noises. is it broken?

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Hi there, thank you for your question. If your hard drive is vibrating and making strange noises, it is likely a sign of hardware issues, and there is a possibility that the drive is failing or has already failed.

[@fareedyasir6405]

DIsk is connected but does not appear in file explorer. Tried all your method. None worked. Any other solution?

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Hi there, thank you for your question! If you have tried all common methods to fix a connected but not appearing disk in File Explorer, there are a few other solutions to try. You can open Disk Management by typing "diskmgmt.msc" in the Run dialog box, right-click on the disk that is not showing up, select "Change Drive Letter and Paths", click "Add", and choose a drive letter that is not in use. Alternatively, you can use Command Prompt as an administrator and type "diskpart", then "list disk" to see all connected disks, identify the problematic disk, type "select disk X" (replace "X" with the disk number), "clean" to wipe the disk, "create partition primary" to create a new partition, and "assign letter=X" (replace "X" with the desired letter). Additionally, it is worth checking for hardware issues by trying a different USB port or cable, or connecting the disk to another computer to see if it appears there.

[@nikhiljaiswal661]

I am very tense since my D drive is lost and the speaker is so happy in the video xD

[@MineloPL]

lmao same

[@surajsingh-qk9cw]

You are really great! I got my D drive back after restoring the device. I was scared a lot because it has 1000GB of data storage. So thanks a lot❤️

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Glad to be helpful.:)

[@265petsar]

Thanks Michael couldn't find my drive but eliminated all the options, I think the drive has failed.....that's life.

[@hunterjoy4346]

I personally think Aomei backupper is better than this one because this one did not work actually.

[@lukapetrovic9987]

Very good video, easy to follow all the solutions. I had a missing D disk after installation of windows 10 on my laptop, but through your video I managed retreiving it. Thanks a lot! :D

[@J.L8787]

I recently update my windows then my d disk missing

[@rhomeanimation]

Hello, I wish you could help me. I try those methods but my SSD is not showing. Here are the things it's mysterious. My SSD shows to the Disk manager It's Ramsta SSD however when I check in disk management is not there so frustrating I need to use this SSD on my laptop.

[@musicwithdummy9273]

Exactly , mine too!

[@OfficialVarietyofMuisc]

you are awesome in this whole youtube there was no video which fixed this problem only you had done it. Thanks a lot

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Happy to help.

[@RenegadeLK]

Method 2 worked. The update made my drive disappear. One day Windows will get their stuff together.

[@waterlord6969]

If someone still can't fix the issue, just make sure that the cable connecting the drive is still and secured. This was the case for me. Replugging the cable soved my problems

[@grimsphax]

Wich is that cable

[@grangerloki9489]

Where is the cable bro helppp

[@farasapt6579]

Hello, what if the rescan disks isn't clickable for me? Also the system restore in the advance system settings isn't clickable too

[@konstantinosr5769]

me too..wtt why??

did you find the d drive?

[@ssjmattman]

It happend to me I but I figured that I clicked on my other drive

[@DynamicCow77490]

thank you soo much my drive has been gone for months and after this video i have gotten it back. thanks for making the video and keep up the good work.

[@irSenpai]

THSM❤❤❤ Finally i found my drive whit the last solvation A video from 4years ago helped me😁❤

[@Ibad-Zubair]

Thanks the last one method works for me. Really appreciate your straight forward instruction.

[@ferrevermeir2481]

If this video didn't work, and this issue happened right after doing things inside your pc, chanses are, like me, you broke your SATA port for your hard drive. To fix, just swap the cable of your hard drive to a different SATA port, and make sure it is in good.

[@shadowyxt1303]

When I went on device manager and disk drives my ssd showed up and said it’s working fine. However it’s not showing up and files that were downloaded or saved on that drive are now saying they are not found. Also on disk management the drive doesn’t show up I only have C drive on there

[@official_commanderhale965]

Followed every step and still nothing. I’m really disappointed since I’m suddenly missing a 2TB SSD NVME.🤦🏻‍♂️

[@miharumatsuo2849]

Thank you so much! Method 5 work for me. Glad that I was not that worried about my missing drive after changing my laptop from windows 10 32-bit to 64-bit.

[@HamzaElsayed-r4p]

Thanks :) I appreciate how straight forward it is. You also cover various different solutions which I absolutely love. Keep up the great work 💪

[@rubyzeng9017]

My WinRE is missing have no clue to repair my computer, have nor recovery disk either, what to do?

[@harikrishna3258]

This really helped. I got my drive back after doing a rescan. Thank you for posting

[@LotsOfThoughts]

Number 3 worked for me. I subscribed, and thank you sir!

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Thanks for the sub!

[@atia.2073]

None of these are solutions... just clean the yellow copper of your disk with an eraser and the problem will disappear.👍

[@slovacik7606]

Not working...

[@sehrishishtiaq8091]

if u have recently reinstalled windows, then directly jump to 5:22. Thank u man!

[@haseebshaheed9066]

works the first solution for me .. thank you.. you earned my subscription ❤

[@prasannavenkatesh3204]

Today i got this problem..and i watched your video and i recovered my disk ..im so happy..tnku for ur videos

[@Scott_French_Musics]

Physically unplug the affected drive while the computer is running, and plug it back in. Only thing that works for me. Yes they are internal drives. Gotta open the computer. Don't ask me why, magically no one in the entire planet has an answer as to why this works. Your welcome.

[@s.andersson4758]

Tip just hit ur computer a couple times then restart it, 100% will work

[@artukmad-261]

I was downloading a bunch of games on steam and the next day I come back to check on my pc and the drive is gone

[@UsmanKhan-et9no]

same here, Any solution?

[@Tuthmosis.I-IV.]

Method 3 just solved my problem. Thank you so much sir, highly appreciated.

[@Tuthmosis.I-IV.]

Solved my problem... until now. It's happening again. The only one solution for me is restarting my computer every time I see that my D drive is missing, but don't want to do that again and again. Maybe something's up with my OS and I should reinstall it? Before that I will try updating it because there is an available update.

[@WaseemJaffrii]

System restore worked well after 20 hours i worked without any progress, just found youre Video and that helps me, Thanks a lot

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Glad it helped! Please don't forget to subscribe to our channel.

[@AndresKatAdventurez]

Wow Method One actually worked for me! Amazing. Thanks mate

[@MiD3]

Tried all of the options and none worked. I don't have any unallocated drives, I just have one drive (hard drive) and my local drives D and E disappeared. What do I do?

[@individual_tree_7488]

Thank you so much sir, can't believe just changing a letter saved all my games

[@mattforbes8555]

Great video. I actually just shut computer down, unplugged, plugged back in, switched on and d drive back!!!! Relieved!

[@michaelangelosimon5655]

Let me share my problem encountered and how I fixed it. 1. Drive D is not showing up. So I followed the first step. 2. I see the "hidden" partition but the file system is RAW. 3. I right-click to the RAW partition and clicked "format" and make it NTFS. 4. After the formatting is done, I right-click again the partition and clicked on "change driver and paths..." 5. I assigned D and now the system can now read the "hidden" drive partition. Just sharing. Might as well work on someone else' situation.

[@yohane...shoukan2416]

I was about to do this, but won't you have to format it (ie delete the files)?

[@binbadi5670]

My D drive disappeared suddenly from my laptop it's not even in the desk management! Any idea what's the problem?

[@mouliraj176]

Did it solve brother!?

[@crystalnero1877]

My second hard drive is not showing in my computers. And in disk management it is showing as missing. What should I do? I thought it was due to sata cable but no i chnged the sata cable but still its not showing.

[@howardchisengah7187]

Thank you very much. The last technique worked.

[@tgrobin6001]

Brilliant video, very to the point and easy to understand. However, none of these solutions worked. 1. Rescanning did not find the drive. 2. System restore to two seperate points failed, as it said it couldn't find a certain file and was cancelled so the restore was cancelled. 3. I can not acces Group Policy Manager. gpedit.msc didn't bring up anything 4. All drivers are up to date 5. Couldn't change the drive letter as it couldn't find the drive. I'll for sure drop a like on this video though because even though it didn't work for me it's very well presented!

[@iateyourcerealwhileyouread2620]

hey man did you find a solution yet or ur still fked because im rlly fked up because of my 1 tb drive gone in an instant

[@laggingjaeger1148]

Hey there! I think I found a solution! I had the same issues, and my system restores even ended up bluescreening.These got me thinking that it's a problem with the physical aspect of your devices. Yes, despite the fact that POST didn't signal any errors, I highly reccomend you take a look at how your SATA/SSD drives are fixed in. In my case, I've messed around with the cables. Usually your drive is fixed by 2 distinct ones. I think one of them thick, with 3 cables at the end, colored red,yellor and black. Thats your SATA power cable, which should be fine if your PC booted up in the first place. The issue in my case was with the second cable. Its red, flat and similar to the cables you can see in old school phones, with spring like rotation. It seemed to sit a little awkward, so I took it out (BEWARE: MAKE SURE YOUR PC ISNT PLUGGED IN) , blew off a little dust, and insterted it back in, this time fitted tighter. I also changed the motherboard port in which I put the 2nd end of the cable. Your motherboard most likely has 1-4 SATA ports which all look similar and serve the same function. In case one was damaged, I decided to put the second half in a different port from the original. Lo and behold, upon booting up, the drive was there once again!

[@laggingjaeger1148]

@@iateyourcerealwhileyouread2620 Brother, I answered the original poster with a possible fix. Refer to it cuz I cant be bothered to type it again from my phone, its long.

[@laggingjaeger1148]

@@lolololololo160 Hey there. I answered the original poster with a possible fix. Check it out if you're still struggling. I cant type it here since its quite long

[@iateyourcerealwhileyouread2620]

@@laggingjaeger1148 yep this is what I literally did 2 days ago and, thank god, it worked like a charm! I appreciate you typing this though❤

[@shugabanga]

Thanks!!!! The 3rd option worked for me

[@pulkitnehra5308]

@5:47 worked for me. Windows file explorer wasn't able to recognise the external hadr drive as there was no letter assigned to it.

[@corelwalisarkar7641]

First time I am commenting, for me it just seems like my drive was just erased or something but your video save my money and tension you doing great work 😉😉👌👌

[@MrSapec]

Díky moc, první možnost zabrala, už jsem myslel že jsou všechny data pryč, uffff

[@suhani3102]

i tried different settings. and my D drive showed up and then disappeared after shutting down my pc. This has happened 3 times

[@arpithlb2563]

Are you part of the windows insider program? After signing up for windows insider program im facing the issue

[@rahulbhalekar8115]

Same here

[@arpithlb2563]

Windows 11 damaged my d drive

[@vetrickwilsen2938]

same here, when I restart my laptop the d disappeared again, any solutions?

[@alskdjf12]

After using photoshop for a while i noticed it was freezing a lot and my D Drive as maxed out at 100% and after that my D Drive just 'Disappeared'. Ever since, my D Drive would be showing in my file explorer but when i try to open something on it, the disk usage goes to 100% and the Drive disappears again. If you've had a similar experience then please reply

[@_arjhin_]

i got similar problem, i was using adobe premiere pro and when i did some editing, program suddenly freeze for a 10 seconds then worked normal. But when i try to open a Steam game, it showed that my D drive is missing. I disassembled the computer, removed the ssd then plugged back and it worked somehow. Now having the same problem, gonna do it again :(

[@mtbboy1993]

what if it's not detected but when I reboot it is? could it be mother board issue? hard drive issue? one fan header is dead on the ASUS Z97-P, Socket-1150 motherboard. the PC was new in 2015. The D drive on my PC is a Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5", OS drive is a SSD Corsair SSD Force Series GS 240GB 2.5"

[@rachidelmhaoud7199]

I have a problem when I copied an SSD hard drive with a copy of Windows 10 and made it master and installed another hard drive, this HDD did not appear for me, knowing that the first has 240 GB and the second has 450 GB, and if I install the second master, it appears normally, is there any help?

[@RycAndKittyz]

same

[@rishikeshvarma6799]

Hi Michael, Good Day, first of all thanks alot for this informative video, i really loved your content. I have tried all your steps that you have mentioned in this video, but unfortunately it did not fix my issue. So what worked for me is as below: 1. I tried to update all the pending windows updates along with the firmware for devices. You can check if you have any pending updates by navigating from: Start-> Settings-> Update and Security-> Windows Update If you have any pending updates on firmware DO FINISH those updates because it what fixed my issue. 2. (optional) Try reconneing you hard drive cables in the laptop and do a restart. Kindly Pin my comment as it would be helpful to other people if you can. Cheers!

[@austinmcbroomvsanesongib2943]

Soooooo have u got it back orr? Having same problem

[@AnukritiSharma16]

Thank you for posting this comment. None of the other methods were working for me, but I checked the updates. Did find various pending and updated all. After restart, my D drive came back as it was. A big thanks!!!

[@sancholikundu4294]

Thank you so much for this comment.. This method worked. Just saved my life. Phew!

[@arthurvandervelde]

No good for me. I am on windows 10, but I do not see some of the menus that you see. Where I do, some of the options are greyed out or do not work. No reflection on you of course, I am sure you know your stuff.

[@z7trapsz782]

Thank you I spent an hour trying to figure this out and taking apart myy thinking this was a connection problem it was disk 0.

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

You're welcome! Don't forget to subscribe to our channel!!

[@MrReaperofDead]

Sometimes it's literally none of these answers. Sometimes it's just simply the user slammed their fist on their own laptop, and accidently dislodged their drive. That makes it so that the computer and the D drive cant connect, and it needs to either be reattached, or the wiring for it replaced. No doubt that's the reason for a lot of users who play games.

[@Claritaribka]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT WORKS FOR ME THE SEC METHOD😭😭😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@kaveribiswas3698]

This video is a savior and of course got to learn few tricks. I found my missing drive after doing a rescan. Thank you for sharing this! :-)

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Most welcome. Please hit the subscribe button.

[@giodosvani]

this is a lifesaver Great content, thank you :)

[@memylife1718]

You solved my problem bro I am panicking what happended to my pc and your solution just worked Thank you ❤

[@shubhayanroychowdhury1048]

I don't even know how much I should be thankful to you

[@vincesebastianseniuq117]

i follow everything you see but still i cant find local d in my computer thats 2tb missing

[@emersongarcia2512]

same here i already did all the tricks but nothings happem

[@selfmade7410]

@@emersongarcia2512 what to do? any solutions? pls help

[@xxskytreexx1430]

Same

[@clizdy5124]

Thanks a lot to make video like this and it solved my problem!

[@KanoDaHalfBreed]

my concern is, my d drive opens on its own when it feels llike. i scanned my comp for virus but nothing so far. have you heard of this issue before? and if so can you help me with that?

[@kingsmem8785]

Thank you soo much.. the renaming disk letter solution worked like magiv

[@closetskeletons]

The 5th solution worked for me! Something borked my files and I had to reinstall windows. When I did and was reinstalling my apps I noticed my D drive wasn't there.

[@dhanapiereza5012]

Hi, i have a bit of weird problem here ( at least for me ). Whenever i open 1 certain game ( just say it game a ), it always start to responding after 5 - 10 minutes playing. And after force close it ( since after waiting for 20 minutes or so the game still stop responding ), my storage drive that i use to store all the said game files, except for the said game launcher that stored on drive C by default, also stop responding. And whenever i tried to shutting down my pc, it takes longer than usual for my PC to turn off ( around 10 minutes or so ). And here is the weird part. At first, i thought " dang....another faulty storage drive", but after i open a couple of musics, films, documents, even run another games that also stored on the very same storage, nothing happening. It run normally and i can shutting down like i usually do ( normally it takes only about 5 - 10 seconds to shutting down my pc )

[@wingsoficarus1139]

Where did you get this game? Lol

[@markdanielbriva6122]

Thanks a lot for this video! Method 5 solved my problem

[@patrickcarney9177]

None of that worked for me. I took the cover off of my Lenovo laptop and replaced the hard drive with a new one. It recognized that hard drive. I then swapped the original back in and that worked , but the drive was renamed from D: to F:

[@elliotwatson3964]

I also have a lenovo and having the same issues

[@Vicky-zd3uv]

this one will not work for me, any other method?

[@Vicky-zd3uv]

worked with Aomei backup tool here.

[@Alex-vp1ey]

The last solution helped me. Thank you Michael.

[@lukaws5851]

can you make video of my problem.i download 100 gb file in my hdd and now my hdd gone

[@Garycrash11]

THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO THE FIRST ONE WADS SO EASY AND IT WORKED BRO I LOVE YOU, YOU EARNED A LIKE!

[@sheriffbassie9698]

Well done Sir thank you so much, I got back my partition D after changing the drive letter paths Any way thank you so much and may God bless u

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Glad it helped! Please don't forget to subscribe to our channel.

[@dancingmomshies6]

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!!! I got my drive D & E back!! just sharing this.. might also works on others. Good luck guys!

[@ifeelsappy5343]

The "rescan disk " worked out for me, tysm!!

[@RichardMeborg]

Hi, I don't lost one of my drives, but suddenly when I start up my computer, it says Missing System File. So I have to use my Windows 10 Installer to start up the computer. Next time is the same. It just suddenly came yesterday. How to fix that without wipe the machine again or restore?

[@lozixfnr]

this really helped thank you so much.

[@xAndrzej42]

I see my ssd in the device manager, all says device works properly, but smh its not visible today. Literally was ok yesterday without any issues. Even software from producer sees the drive and says its fine. What do?

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Hi there, If your external hard disk is not showing up in disk management, it's possible that there is an issue with the connection between the hard disk and your computer. Here are some steps you can take to troubleshoot the issue: Check the cable and connections. Check if the hard disk is spinning up. Check if the hard disk is recognized on another computer. Check the power supply. Try data recovery software. Download Recoverit here: bit.ly/3ZoowNK If none of these steps work, it's possible that the hard disk has failed and may need to be replaced.

[@xAndrzej42]

@@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware it fixed itself top kek. Mostly some windows bug

[@gloriouschannel3683]

i installed a program to move C drive files and games to D drive after i realised it was max 500mb free moving. i deleted the program called AOMEI. looked for another program called easeUS same thing 500mb max moving space for free so i deleted the program again. i stopped searching and REALISED I LOST 3500 GB OF SPACE. MY GAMES AND MILION FILES GOT DELETED ITS JUST GONE I ONLY HAVE A FEW FILES LEFT!!!!!!! WTF IS THIS HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE my C drive is an ssd 250gb and my D drive is 4TB. 4000 GB

[@imniyeye8853]

Another way to fix it is to just turn the power off for the whole machine(not system restart. Unplug the main plug connected to the pc so it could have a hard reset). Thats how i fixed mine.

[@noura4701]

Thank you so much!!! this saved me because the rescan method didn't work. i'm so grateful to you and I cried out of happiness! god bless you

[@imniyeye8853]

@@noura4701 hhh np

[@Aziz-rd9rq]

ily you saved meee

[@musaddiqahmedthanveer5190]

Is it shutdown?

[@SergiMedina]

My problem is it doesn't show because Windows says it's not initialized. I don't want to lose the files, but I fear the disk is faulty, or at least it's been corrupted somehow. Happened with a couple of them already. Trying to get something out of it still. But strangely there's little information about this on the Internet... Thanks.

[@Shay0008]

nothing worked :( In Disk Managment, I can see "Disk 1, removable (D:)" but under that it says "no media". What do I do?

[@RecoveritDataRecoverySoftware]

Hi there, thank you for your question! Seeing "no media" for your removable drive in Disk Management typically means the device isn’t being detected correctly. First, try reconnecting the drive and using a different USB port. Next, test it on another computer to rule out issues with your current setup. In Device Manager, check if the drive appears under Disk Drives; if it shows an error, uninstall the device, then reconnect it to reinstall drivers. If the drive uses a USB cable, try swapping it with another.

[@CrxzyYT]

my drive is gone completely it is plugged in and was working before i restarted to update, now its not in my device manager, i cant rescan for it, Unhiding doesnt work.

[@Max1232145]

"Just shut down your PC properly. Then wait for 5 minutes. Then turn on your pc again. It works for me. Hope it helps :)" - this was a comment i saw on another youtube video. i tried all of these methods and nothing worked. I have a laptop. I checked for updates in settings and saw that I had a pending update. I finished it, and shut down my laptop for 5 minutes. It worked after that. I hope it helps you.

[@blackflame_]

Not sure if someone will read this comment or not but leaving this here in case it helps someone Go to your bios settings and see if the drives are detected at all in my case just running a hard drive check/memory test solved the issue when all of the instructions in this video failed

[@_vis4392]

for the last one, i have a disk named disk 0 it says its online but when i right click it it shows convert to dynamic disk and mbr disk. what do i do

[@harshitdua3600]

Crisp and precise 👌👌

[@niniasatiani1045]

Thank you so much method 1 solved the problem