Hi all, kind of got a problem as my D drive seems to have disappeared. OS is on my SSD so laptop running as it should, however I have all my games installed on hdd and it seems to have vanished. When I open device manager it is only my ssd that is visible. When I open view tab/show hidden devices I can see my hdd listed but not highlighted/available. Anything I can try? Kind regards...
Welcome to the forum. First thing is to see if it's in the BIOS ok if it's not there it's either dead or power, or connection faulty. Remove disk and reseat it
Remove the battery, wait 30 sec, press the Power button several times. Check BIOS settings, disk should be visible. If yes, try to boot some live linux distro. Is your disk visible under linux?
If it doesn't void warranty you could take the HDD out, put it in a caddy (box) and try it via USB. That would eliminate issues internal to the laptop.
If you are in the habit of using disk imaging, which we continually urge users to use, and the drive is faulty, you will be able to restore an image to a new drive. Painless. E.g. Macrium Reflect (free) + large external storage.
If you aren't, then this is the time to realise the benefits of imaging and start using it.
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