drive status

About this tag
The drive status tag covers discussions about interpreting drive icons and status indicators in Windows File Explorer and Disk Management. Users ask about the meaning of green checkmarks, blue bars, and other symbols on drive icons in Windows 10, as well as issues where a secondary HDD appears online in Disk Management but files are inaccessible or icons show as broken. Common themes include checking drive health, partition status, and troubleshooting drive visibility problems. The tag is relevant for Windows users seeking to understand or resolve drive status indicators and access issues.
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    Windows 10 What is the meaning of the Explorer icons?

    I do not understand the file explorer icons in Wondows 10: Why do some drives have green checkboxes others not? What does the blue bar over the drive mean? It obviously is not the same as the bar that indicates the drive filling percentage.

  2. Windows 7 Win7 doesn't see files in second HDD though I can.

    After shutting down my computer for the night, and turning it on the next morning. My computer no longer see's the files located in my second HDD. If I click on the Icons, it will still load the program, and I can still open the HDD in "My Computer" under Games Galore(D:). The problem is the...
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    • active partition basic type computer issues data recovery disk management drive letter drive status file access file system free space hdd healthy status icon issues ntfs partition storage issues troubleshooting windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Hardware