About this tag
The missing drive tag on WindowsForum.com covers issues where a drive letter, volume, or physical disk is no longer visible in Windows. Common scenarios include internal hard drives, SSDs, DVD/Blu-ray drives, and RAID arrays that disappear from File Explorer or Disk Management. Users report drives that are online and assigned a letter but not shown in This PC, drives missing after Windows updates or upgrades, and drives that fail to appear in BIOS. Troubleshooting steps often involve checking connections, rescanning disks, verifying drive letters, and addressing partition table errors. The tag also includes cases where a drive is detected but inaccessible due to missing drivers or unknown device errors.
  1. S

    E Drive Suddenly Dissapeared

    Hi, When I woke up this morning I turned on my computer and it had an error message, unfortunately I didn't look at this error message and continued to start up (computer updated, see attached for list of updates). When I loaded up I noticed many different programs weren't accessible anymore...
    • simanton
    • Thread
    • 2tb accessibility barracuda connection data recovery disappearing disk management drive recognition e drive error message hard drive hdd missing drive rescan disk storage issues system error system update tech support troubleshooting user request
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  2. M

    Windows 10 Troubleshooting: My Missing F: Drive Error in Windows 10

    My F: drive has disappeared. When I go into This PC it is not there. When I try to receive a file (e.g. a Word file) I get an error message that it cannot retrieve the file because the F: drive is missing. Any ideas? Thank you
    • MagpieDave
    • Thread
    • drive issues error message f drive file search missing drive storage tech support this pc user inquiry windows
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  3. Deses

    Windows 10 Drives missing from “This PC”, yet they are Online and have a letter assigned

    Hello! I'm facing this issue where the drives don't appear in This PC under the Windows Explorer or a Search folder prompt. All my drives are online, have a letter assigned and are fully accesible by manually typing the path (E:\something) or by apps (Steam can play games stored in my F:\...
    • Deses
    • Thread
    • access drive explorer file management help missing drive network drive path access sbc storage tech support this pc troubleshooting volume letter windows windows 10 windows 11
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  4. E

    Windows 10 Help Needed: DVD Player Not Working After Windows 10 Upgrade - Unknown Drive Issue

    I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to 10. Now my DVD Player no longer works -- "Unknown Drive", DVD keeps on ejecting. I tried many suggestions from people on many forums but nothing works.
    • EricT29
    • Thread
    • compatibility drivers dvd eject error forum issues media missing drive performance software tech support troubleshooting upgrade windows 10 windows 8.1
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  5. markemark

    Windows 8 HELP!! - DVD/Blu-ray no drive letter in explorer

    Help please. this is driving me nuts. I am running windows 8.1 (64bit) Suddenly the DVD/Blu-Ray drive is missing from Explorer I have checked in device manager and the drive says it is working fine. BUT why can I not see it in file explorer? Many thanks for anyone that can offer some support...
    • markemark
    • Thread
    • 64-bit blu-ray device manager dvd drive explorer file explorer issues missing drive storage devices support troubleshooting windows 8.1
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  6. A

    Windows 8 One of my Hard Drive went missing.

    Hi there guys. I have Asus G750js laptop. Today when i started my laptop everything was fine. Then after sometime i restarted my laptop my second HD is not showing anymore take a look When i select MBR error appears The disk is not being displayed in Bios also. Is there any hope to bring...
    • amirzubair
    • Thread
    • asus bios data recovery disk issues hard drive laptop mbr missing drive storage troubleshooting
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  7. 1

    Windows 7 Boot Issues on Windows 7: SATA Drives Not Found Prompting F1 Setup

    I have this with my win 7 machine. Ione of my computers stops as it's being started. as it is coming up, in the upper right of the screen is: F1 setup...
    • 12Strings
    • Thread
    • boot error message f12 key missing drive refurbished sata drive setup menu startup issues troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  8. Einar

    Another RAID 5 fails?

    i have googled the web but could not come up with any answers. I have a windows softwareraid "5" (yes plz hate me for this) with 3x3TB disks, one disk recensently failed. I have just replaced the bad disk with a new one. But i have still no way to add the new disk to the "old" raid, and the bad...
    • Einar
    • Thread
    • basic data recovery disk disk management dynamics failure gpt hardware raid mbr missing drive movies raid replacement smart software raid storage troubleshooting tv shows windows
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Server Forums
  9. M

    Windows 7 My local Drives Are missing Except C drive

    Hi! Initially i had a local disk of C:, D:, E:, F:, Now i have only C: My local drives are missing.I dont Know how to fix it. Link Removed When i tried to fix in desk management there also no local drives were present. Link Removed Before the problem i downloaded win2flash software for...
    • mujuburcs
    • Thread
    • boot manager c drive data recovery disk management local disk missing drive system restore usb win2flash windows issues
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  10. navienavnav

    Windows 7 Parition ("E drive") suddenly went missing. Does not appear in Windows Disk Management tool or third

    In my Sister's laptop, running Windows 7 Ultimate x86, all of a sudden, while she was working on the computer, the "E drive" went missing which was a partition on the hard disk (I don't remember if it was a logical or primary partition). She tried restarting the system but to no avail. So, I...
    • navienavnav
    • Thread
    • data recovery disk management hard drive logical partition minitool missing drive partition primary partition unallocated space windows 7
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  11. R

    Windows 7 Troubleshooting Missing Drives and Frequent BSODs: Registry and IRQL Issues

    Hello again my d,e and f drives are not showing up in my computer and i get a message hardware device configuration in the registry is incomplete or damaged. My other problem is i keep getting BSODS with different messages one being IRQL_NOT_LESS_EQUAL STOP...
    • rogervansteeden
    • Thread
    • bsod computer help data recovery device settings disk management driver issues error message hardware irql_not_less_or_equal missing drive registry storage issues system error tech support troubleshooting windows
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  12. L

    Windows 7 DVD/RW Drive Missing.

    Yesterday, I made the mistake of letting my sister-in-law use my computer (the one I use for work) to burn a CD. I thought she said burn a DVD, which is something I do all the time. However, apparently she downloaded a CD ripping program called CDEX (very legitimate -- doubtful of any...
    • Liberi Fatali
    • Thread
    • cd burning cd ripping cdex device manager drive issues dvd drive eject error malfunction missing drive new computer optical drive registry rw drive system error system restore troubleshooting virus protection vostro 320 windows 7
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  13. C

    Windows 7 Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit - Disk 0 Partition 2 suddenly missing

    Hi All, There's probably similar posts but I went thru them and THIS IS NOT SIMILAR ISSUE. Please read on and thank you in advance if you can provide any help. I just got this new Corporate Imaged PC 1 week ago. Disk 0 came w/ 320GB (a single partition w/ letter "C"). From past...
    • capilano
    • Thread
    • corporate image data loss data recovery disk management explorer missing drive partition storage troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  14. C

    Windows 7 "One of parent hard disks of Windows XP Mode is missing"

    I've used this site for good advice, esp by Kari to whom I send hopes for speedy recovery. I'm trying to enable multiple users to access programs via XP mode, through Win7 64-bit computer (Win7 Professional). Using Admin Profile, when trying to open Win XP mode within All Programs from Start...
    • charilyn
    • Thread
    • admin profile business programs dell error message guidance installation missing drive multi-user remote desktop tech support troubleshooting uninstall upgrade user rights virtual machine virtualization windows 7 windows xp xp mode
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
  15. H

    Windows 7 Drive Letters disappeared

    Hello , My question is as followed : In My Computer , my drives initially had a designations like C: D: , now when I go into My Computer , they have miraculously disappeared > So now I can see my drives but none of them have a Letters next to them. Might there be any reason for this ...
    • honsbeek
    • Thread
    • data loss disk management drive letter file system missing drive my computer reassign letters storage issues troubleshooting windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  16. C

    Windows 7 "There Is No Disk in the Drive..." when launching software

    Hi forums, this is my first post here, unfortunately not for a good reason. Basically whenever I try to launch a specific program (Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 64-bit to be precise), I receive the following error message: This error has only occured recently, I have had the software installed for...
    • cjoakley
    • Thread
    • 3ds max 64-bit autodesk disk issues error message hard drive installation missing drive product key reinstall software issues troubleshooting uninstall user support virus scan windows
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  17. B

    Windows 7 Storage Drive Missing After Windows 7 Installation: Need Help Troubleshooting Issues

    I just installed windows 7 on my main computer, at the start of the installation process I had all the correct drives & partitions showing nicely. Now that I have installed Windows 7, my storage disk has gone missing. It no longer shows up in windows 7, I can't find any link to it anywhere. XP...
    • bxnub
    • Thread
    • disk issues file system hard drive installation missing drive partition storage windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  18. X

    Windows Vista My drive disapeared using RC1

    I had Vista RC1 on my pc for a little more than a day and Sat. night my disk drive disapeared. It was working fine up until than. It would'nt read the disks or anything, no error,s either. I look in My Computer and notice that the drive is no longer there. That was the major problem. I had some...
    • XxTripleBeamxX
    • Thread
    • computer issues hard drive media center missing drive performance issues rc1 troubleshooting windows recovery windows vista windows xp
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support