Internal hard drive partition keeps disappearing (z-drive)


  1. Lottiemansion
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    Windows 11 Home 64 Bit
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    Internal hard drive partition keeps disappearing (z-drive)


    Hi,

    I have previously reported this issue & thought it was solved: -

    Int. HD partition Keeps Disappearing (Z Drive) others are OK

    However it continues!

    Anyone got any suggestions
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  3. Berton
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    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
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    You show a NAS drive in your My Computer data, is Z: that drive? Some versions back aways Windows always assigned Z: to the first Networked drive that was mapped then worked back up the alphabet for succeeding drives, I kept that scheme on Win10 for Z: and Y:. Maybe there's an issue with the lettering for the NAS drive versus the partition.

    Can you do a screenshot of Disk Management showing the drives and their partitions?
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  4. Lottiemansion
    Posts : 119
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    Hi,

    All the info is in the other thread. However, to assist here you go.
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  6. Berton
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    Does that partition disappear in the same manner if relettered to something other, say Drive M?
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  7. Lottiemansion
    Posts : 119
    Windows 11 Home 64 Bit
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    Hi,

    All other drives stay & are good. The only problem drive is "Z". My NAS is mapped as a network access no drive letter and is not a problem.

    I have just updated to 21H1. So, lets see what happens now?
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