How to restore D drive in Windows 10? This tutorial offers you four feasible solutions to recover missing D drive in Windows 10.
My D drive is completely missing from my computer and I cannot find it. It’s not on my computer and when I clean the disk, it doesn’t show there either. Does anyone know what’s wrong with my computer? Could you help me get the missing D drive back?
The operating system update process, accidental deletion, and hard drive problems could cause the D drive missing Windows 10/11. If users cannot see the D drive with File Explorer, they’ll deem this drive was gone. But it is only a part of the story. Please read on how to get D drive back on computer.
How to restore D drive in Windows 10/11? There are four feasible solutions. The first three conventional solutions are intimately connected to the Windows feature, and the final solution is inextricably linked to professional partition recovery software. Please note some tips associated with each method, maybe you will be more inclined to the fourth solution.
To save you much time and effort, you could try the trustable partition recovery software to get your missing D drive back. Here, AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional is the most recommended partition recovery software for you because it has enjoyed a great reputation among users.
If you have not executed any written operations after partition deletion/loss, you can recover the deleted/lost data. Everyone is allowed to recover the deleted/lost partitions in Windows 11/10/8/7. Besides NTFS partition recovery,FAT partition recovery, and Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 partition recovery are also supported.
Here comes other exciting functions of this disk manager with a user-friendly interface.
Step 1. RunAOMEI Partition Assistant. Then click on "Recover" > "Partition Recovery"in turn.
Step 2.Choose the disk where the D drive original was.
Step 3.Select "Fast Search"now. If the drive is not found, then try Full Search.
Step 4.Select the D drive and choose "Proceed". When it is completed, click "Finish".
Let’s start with the easiest way. You can restore the D drive within two steps if your D drive is not missing from your computer.
Step 1. Press “Windows + R” and type “diskmgmt.msc” in the window, then click “OK” to open Disk Management.
Step 2. Click “Action” > “Rescan Disks”. Check if the D drive is available after re-scanning all the disks.
If you fail to restore the D drive using the first method, you can try out other ways to tackle your issue.
First introduced in Windows Me (Millennium Edition), System Restore has been included in later Windows OS, excluding Windows Server. Encountered with system malfunctions, this feature enables users to revert their computers’ state (system files, installed applications, Windows Registry, and system settings) to a previous time point.
Meanwhile, personal files such as documents, music, pictures, and videos will be not affected. But for Windows 10, you need to enable system restore Windows 10 first, then create system restore points manually. Let’s show how to restore D drive in Windows 10.
Press “Windows” and type “Create a restore point” in the search bar, then click “Open”.
Click “System Restore” > “Next”.
Select your needed restore point from the list, and click “Scan for affected programs” to re-confirm all the deleted drives and programs. Then “Close” this window.
Click “Next”. Then confirm your selected restore point again and click “Finish”.
Step 5. Restore your PC from your desired restore point by clicking the “Yes” button. Then your computer will be rebooted. Your system will be restored to the selected restore point after the process. Then you can “Close” it.
Windows system image is a part of the Windows Backup and Restore. This feature enables you to make a complete PC backup, which is distinct from the Windows Backup and Restore. Naturally, the recovery steps also differ depending on the backup content, please double-check it. File recovery can offer you more details about creating a system image if you need it.
Step 1. Press “Windows”, and type “Settings” in the search bar. Then open it.
Step 2. Click “Update & Security” > “Recovery” > “Restart now”. Your computer will shut down and boot to a blue screen.
Step 3. Click “Troubleshoot” > “Advanced options” > “System Image Recovery” > “Windows 10”.
Step 4. Choose the “Use the latest available system image” option on the Re-image your computer page, then click the “Next” button.
Step 5. Click “Format and repartition disks” > “Exclude disks” to exclude some partitions or other attached storage. Then click the “Next” button.
Step 6. Click “Finish”. After restoring system drives, click Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Check for Updates to check whether the D drive is recovered or not.
Sometimes, you just want to recover some lost files and data from D drive, instead of recovering the entire D drive, you can consider trying the powerful data recovery software MyRecover.
Here is an easy tutorial and you can follow it to recover deleted data from D drive.
Step 1. Download, install and run MyRecover.
Step 2. Hover the mouse over your D drive. Click Scan.
Step 3. Then the scanning process will start automatically. You can use Search or Filter feature to locate your lost files quickly here.
Step 4. Choose the data that you want to recover. Click Recover xx files and choose a destination path to save the restored data.
How to restore D drive in Windows 10/11? If you’re not sure whether the D drive is missing or not, you can rescan your disks to confirm. If not, Windows system restoring point and system image seem as efficient ways to recover your missing D drive. However, if there are no accessible backups for you, why not try out AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional?
For your data security, making regular backups could be the best way to prevent data loss. You can try Windows built-in features or another easy freeware-AOMEI Backupper to create backups of disk, partitions, and files.
