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My D Drive Is Missing in Windows 11: 5 Ways to Get It Back
First, check if your drive is connected properly to your PC
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Updated onAugust 23, 2024
updated onAugust 23, 2024
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To fix various driver issues on your PC, you will need a dedicated tool to find the freshest and the original drivers. You can use PC HelpSoft Driver Updater to do it in 3 easy steps:
Restoring/fixing a mixing D drive in Windows 11 is easy. You’re usually dealing with poor cable connection or post-update driver mismatches. These are all quick to address.
Other common reasons why your D drive isn’t showing up include physical damage to the drive or a malware infection.
How do I restore my D drive in Windows 11?
1. Scan your drives using Disk Management
2. Update the drivers
3. Run SFC and DISM scans
4. Check your drive for errors
5. Disable USB Selected Suspend (for external drives)
This will make sure Windows doesn’t automatically disables drives to save power.
Should thedrive be missing after a Windows update, the highlighted guide will help you with more information.
If all these methods fail, you may also tryrestoring your Windows 11to a previous point in time when your D drive was showing up.
Tips & tricks for avoiding drive disappearance in the future
That’s it! We hope that now the missing drive is back, and you can access your personal files stored on it.
In case you’re still running an older OS, our guide onhow to fix a missing drive from Windows 10will help you.
The problem may also arise ifthe drive letter is not available, but our highlighted guide will provide step-by-step instructions to fix that problem as well.
If you have some questions or suggestions, don’t hesitate to leave us a comment in the section below.
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.
His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
