Drive F since Windows 10 Update

After an updated three months ago, my external drive "F" was changed to "G". I was checking "Win-X"-Disk Management and "F Drive" came up with:

F-Simple-NTFS-Healthy-Cap 850mb-308mb free 36%

I tried to find what was in F Drive and couldn't find out. How can this happen, how come I have a drive with information on it, such 542mb, what is going on? And I would like to know if someone is storing my documentation on a secret drive?

dalchina said:

Hi, please post a screenshot of your partitions with Minitool Partition Wizard (free).
Expand columns as necessary to show all text.
To post a screenshot please use the Insert Image icon above your post.

In MT P Wizard you can rt click, explore the partition to view its contents.

Post a screenshot.

At a guess, your Recovery partition has been assigned a drive letter.

I downloaded that programme, and in the process the site downloaded two other programmes that I didn't need. I uninstalled one, such as a Defender Shield, but I have AVG Antivirus FREE 2018 on my computer and I can't uninstall the AVG.

I am having problems in attaching a screenshot as I could find anything above to post it.

Thanks

Attached copy, is that ikay?

I've tried and tried to uninstall the AVG, but I can't shift it!

dalchina said:

Oh dear, at a guess, you went to a rogue site like Softonic, maybe one with a big green download button.
Minitool Partition Wizard is a reputable program. Softpedia is a good site to avoid bad downloads.

Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free

AVG probably provides a manual uninstall tool if you search for that.

Or you could try using a system restore point.

Turning to your screenshot- it looks as though, as I suspected, a Recovery partition has been assigned a drive letter. Note the column has not been expanded to show all text, and there's more to the right off the shot.

If you use MT P Wizard thus as I suggested (Rt click the partition, click Explore) you may see this in that partition just to confirm:



So all you need to do is to remove the drive letter.



(There are instructions on forum use, posting etc in the menus at the top when you need them).

A useful free tool to uncheck options in rogue installers that seek to plague you with extras is Unchecky.
(I've noted it does use a little CPU time which seems unnecessary).

Thanks for that---I completely forgot about the RESTORE---that soon got rid of it, but I will have to download that APP again and send you another image.

You did say about recovery, and I noticed there was already a recover file.

Thanks for your time and interest, will dig a little deeper.

Oh by the way, I am 81 years of age and struggle a bit with the computer these days, when I forced into WIN 10 I had a panic attack.

crikeymate said:

Thanks for that---I completely forgot about the RESTORE---that soon got rid of it, but I will have to download that APP again and send you another image.

You did say about recovery, and I noticed there was already a recover file.

Thanks for your time and interest, will dig a little deeper.

Oh by the way, I am 81 years of age and struggle a bit with the computer these days, when I forced into WIN 10 I had a panic attack.

Thanks mate, not prepared to go to the site as that is the site (Minitool) that I had gone to and it downloaded those two programmes.

I was concerned that "F" Drive was my external drive until MS upgraded WIN10 and stole it from me and gave me "G" Drive for my external drive. That is why I am suspicious and why is there 836MB stored on it and only 300MB left. I was wondering if this large volume on the now "F" Drive is the reason for my computer playing up and whether it's a hack into my information as I checked my wife's computer and there is nothing like this. I was wondering if they whoever they is, is copying my documents.

I would like to expand them but I am a bit suspicious about downloading from that site again.