D Drive Missing on Windows 11 – How Do I Get It Back?

Hi, My D drive has suddenly disappeared from File Explorer after a recent update or restart. It was working fine before.

I’m not sure if it’s hidden, unassigned, or deleted. I haven’t made any changes myself.

Any idea how to restore it?

Should I check Disk Management?

Could it be a drive letter issue?

Is my data still safe?

Tagged: Windows 11

System/ OS Errors

All Replies

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

Paul

Participant

June 25, 2025 at 3:10 am

Yes, definitely check Disk Management first (right-click on Start > Disk Management). If you see the D drive there but it doesn’t have a letter, just right-click and choose “Change Drive Letter and Paths” to assign one.

If it shows as unallocated, the partition might’ve been deleted—don’t create a new one yet, try running data recovery software to scan and recover the data first. Also check Device Manager in case there’s a driver issue. Your data should still be safe as long as the drive hasn’t been formatted or overwritten.

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)