D Drive missing after windows 10 update

[flowerseed]

Hi, i just did windows 10 update 2 days back, with a hard disk attached to my d drive (as memory not enough). after installation and restart, i can no longer find my d drive. i checked on disk management, it was stated as unallocated, working fine.

i had tried rescanning disks, uninstall updates, restore back to previous windows 10, update device driver but to no avail. May i know how to get my d drive back?

thank you in advance

 

[yusoffb01]

Hi, i just did windows 10 update 2 days back, with a hard disk attached to my d drive (as memory not enough). after installation and restart, i can no longer find my d drive. i checked on disk management, it was stated as unallocated, working fine.

i had tried rescanning disks, uninstall updates, restore back to previous windows 10, update device driver but to no avail. May i know how to get my d drive back?

thank you in advance

disk managemrnt assign drive? if it is raw then data is gone

 

[Clearnfc]

Sounds like windows 10 bug..... I remember reading somewhere that windows 10 update causes drive to go missing.

 

[Clearnfc]

disk managemrnt assign drive? if it is raw then data is gone

Nay, far from gone...... This is no big deal. Data is fully intact unless user overwrites the data. Just that this one needs a data recovery software to get the data back. I have done such recoveries countless times.....

 

[Yongkit]

https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm
I recommend TS try to use this free version to check if your data still available in the hdd before going for any professional of data recovery. personally it help me to diagnose when i encountered the same missing data from HDD and the speed of recovery acceptable to me.

recently the windows 10 update for 21H1 have some issue and it auto remove my Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition (window store version) from my game drive.

I recommend for any member if you OS still stable please hold on for this update.

 

[86technie]

I just did a fresh install of 21H1 so far no issue with 21H1 but strongly advice not to update at this point in time.
Wait for a while before updating, backup any data you have as well as disconnect any additional drive you have.

 

[tsteo77]

Hi, i just did windows 10 update 2 days back, with a hard disk attached to my d drive (as memory not enough). after installation and restart, i can no longer find my d drive. i checked on disk management, it was stated as unallocated, working fine.

i had tried rescanning disks, uninstall updates, restore back to previous windows 10, update device driver but to no avail. May i know how to get my d drive back?

thank you in advance

If i'm not wrong you need to create partition for the drive plugged in at the start of win 10 installation. I encountered this before.

 

[flowerseed]

disk managemrnt assign drive? if it is raw then data is gone

It was known as “Disk 1” “unallocated” at the bottom on disk management. Does it means it is raw?

 

[flowerseed]

https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm
I recommend TS try to use this free version to check if your data still available in the hdd before going for any professional of data recovery. personally it help me to diagnose when i encountered the same missing data from HDD and the speed of recovery acceptable to me.

recently the windows 10 update for 21H1 have some issue and it auto remove my Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition (window store version) from my game drive.

I recommend for any member if you OS still stable please hold on for this update.

If i dl this, and i opened up the EaseUS Data Recovery, i saw my hard disk files in there under "Lost Partition" means they are lost in the hard drive?

 

[flowerseed]

If i'm not wrong you need to create partition for the drive plugged in at the start of win 10 installation. I encountered this before.

may i know how do i do this? up till now the laptop still doesnt recognise my external hard dive. anything plug in USB all not recognised.

 

[flowerseed]

Nay, far from gone...... This is no big deal. Data is fully intact unless user overwrites the data. Just that this one needs a data recovery software to get the data back. I have done such recoveries countless times.....

How do i do it?

 

[Yongkit]

If i dl this, and i opened up the EaseUS Data Recovery, i saw my hard disk files in there under "Lost Partition" means they are lost in the hard drive?

You can try to follow the instructions in the user guide below to check if you are able to see the lost files?

https://www.easeus.com/tutorial/drw-free-user-guide.html

 

[tsteo77]

may i know how do i do this? up till now the laptop still doesnt recognise my external hard dive. anything plug in USB all not recognised.

Here > https://pureinfotech.com/create-custom-partition-install-windows-10/

 

[86technie]

may i know how do i do this? up till now the laptop still doesnt recognise my external hard dive. anything plug in USB all not recognised.

So is a external hard disk?
Any clicking noise or weird sound?
If there is than the hard disk is faulty, you have to approach data recovery to recover the data.

 

[tsteo77]

Hi, i just did windows 10 update 2 days back, with a hard disk attached to my d drive (as memory not enough). after installation and restart, i can no longer find my d drive. i checked on disk management, it was stated as unallocated, working fine.

i had tried rescanning disks, uninstall updates, restore back to previous windows 10, update device driver but to no avail. May i know how to get my d drive back?

thank you in advance

I thought it's a internal drive ?

 

[flowerseed]

So is a external hard disk?
Any clicking noise or weird sound?
If there is than the hard disk is faulty, you have to approach data recovery to recover the data.

Sorry im not good with this and i didnt explain clearly. Is external hard disk. I tried with other hard disk also cannot recognise. No there isnt any sound at all. But the light on the harddisk lits up when i plugged the external harddisk in.

 

[flowerseed]

I thought it's a internal drive ?

Sorry is not.. is my external hard disk, when plug in will be at my laptop d drive

 

[mindgamey]

That means your external drive died, nothing to do with windows update

 

[86technie]

Sorry im not good with this and i didnt explain clearly. Is external hard disk. I tried with other hard disk also cannot recognise. No there isnt any sound at all. But the light on the harddisk lits up when i plugged the external harddisk in.

Most likely dead hard disk.
You can approach shops like PCdreams for data recovery but the cost is expensive.

https://pcdreams.com.sg/data-recovery/

 

[flowerseed]

That means your external drive died, nothing to do with windows update

oh dear i think really is this case