[SOLVED] D drive dissapeared. All my data seems lost.

[Jeremiah123]

My entire D drive, with all its files, games, etcetera, just seemingly disappeared. I can't really find a satisfactory answer anywhere on the internet for this issue. Has anyone had this issue before, and what's the proper procedure?

https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/ref...128gb-geforce-gtx-1-a3-80wk000auk/version.asp

The above is a link to my laptop model, incase that helps. Really appreciate any replies.

 

[USAFRet]

Was this a physical second drive, or a second partition?

Can you show us a screencap of the current Disk Management window?

 

[Ralston18]

[Mod edit: Moving post fromWindows 10 to Storage.]

Two physical hard drives or just one physical drive partitioned into C: and D: ?

Open the Disk Management window and capture a screen shot.

Post here using imgur (www.imgur.com)

 

[Jeremiah123]

Here is an imgur image of a screenshot of my disk managment.

https://imgur.com/aru6jgc

View: https://i.imgur.com/aru6jgc.png


Appreciate the fast replies. Sorry it took me a while to get this done, I'm a little computer illiterate at times.

 

[USAFRet]

Well...first I'd suspect is a bad or disconnected cable.
This will require opening it up to verify.

After that...a dead drive...


What was the last thing you did before this happened?

 

[DRagor]

I have a question for you: before the drive has disappeared did Windows installed any updates?

 

[Jeremiah123]

I don't think Windows had any updates. At some stage today it just crashed and had to reset. I feel like this may be something to do with my laptop's age and worn out status to be honest. I didn't loose anything major, but I'd rather restore the drive if I can.

I was just chilling on youtube after a long night last night when my computer just died and reset. Then I noticed a lot of my games were missing, and realized my D drive was just gone. It's possible the drive could've died at an earlier stage.

 

[USAFRet]

I don't think Windows had any updates. At some stage today it just crashed and had to reset. I feel like this may be something to do with my laptop's age and worn out status to be honest. I didn't loose anything major, but I'd rather restore the drive if I can.

I was just chilling on youtube after a long night last night when my computer just died and reset. Then I noticed a lot of my games were missing, and realized my D drive was just gone. It's possible the drive could've died at an earlier stage.

Depends on how deep into investigation you want to go.

Open it up.
Verify the cables and connections.

Remove the drive.
Use a USB-SATA dock, connected to another PC or laptop.
See if it shows up.

 

[Jeremiah123]

Is the most efficient method to just take it to a repair store? Should I just get a new laptop? I'm not exactly computer savy, and honestly, this is a pretty great time in my life to get a new laptop anyway.

 

[USAFRet]

Is the most efficient method to just take it to a repair store? Should I just get a new laptop? I'm not exactly computer savy, and honestly, this is a pretty great time in my life to get a new laptop anyway.

If it were me, I'd do the steps above.
It may be just a loose cable. $0.

Taking it to a shop may just result in - "Yep, the drive is dead. That will be $50 for the diagnostics."


It is almost certainly not the whole laptop that is at fault.
But if you want a new one, go for it.

 

[Jeremiah123]

Uhh. I don't know what to say. The drive's just back. I shut it down for 10 minutes, and it just.. returned I guess?

I think I'm going to get a new computer soon one way or another, I've been using this poor guy a bit too much for far too long now. I appreciate the responses and thanks for the help.

 

[USAFRet]

Uhh. I don't know what to say. The drive's just back. I shut it down for 10 minutes, and it just.. returned I guess?

I think I'm going to get a new computer soon one way or another, I've been using this poor guy a bit too much for far too long now. I appreciate the responses and thanks for the help.

And that points to a slightly loose cable.

Time to start a good data backup.

 

[Kshitij395]

Uhh. I don't know what to say. The drive's just back. I shut it down for 10 minutes, and it just.. returned I guess?

I think I'm going to get a new computer soon one way or another, I've been using this poor guy a bit too much for far too long now. I appreciate the responses and thanks for the help.

Hey I am having a similar problem. Did you do anything or it just automatically came back after restarting.