 If the D drive is not showing up in your Windows PC, don't panic. In this video, you'll find a solution. After upgrading to Windows 10, some users space an issue where their D drive suddenly goes missing. Despite searching through each section of the device manager, they cannot locate it. To resolve the sudden disappearance of the D drive in Windows 10 or 11, try these quick fixes. First method is rescan disks. In the window search type disk management and open it. Click on the action tab from the menu and select rescan disks. The rescan process will enable the system to re-identify all the connections. Now check if the D drive appears in the options of disk management. If the first solution doesn't work, move on to the next solution. In the window search type control panel and open it. Click on system and security, then system. Click on the system protection in the right sidebar. Now select the system restore option to start the process. Click on next. Select the restore point and click on finish to restore the changes made. This process may take 10 to 30 minutes and your device will restart once the process is complete. Before restarting, make sure all the programs are closed properly. You can check the missing D drive if it is still not found, try the next solution. Update device drivers. Updating drivers is an effective method to solve the issue of the D drive not showing up on Windows 10 or 11. And to update drivers manually, in window search type device manager and open it. Click on the disk drives to expand the list. Right click on the drive you wish to update and click on update drivers. On the next page, choose search automatically for the updated driver software option. Your system will automatically look for the driver software and for updating. If you find manually checking and updating the drivers, challenging and time-consuming, try advanced driver updater. It automatically finds and detects all the outdated drivers. To use this tool, download and install an advanced driver updater on your Windows PC. You can also use the link in the description below. Once launched, click on the start scan now button. Wait for the scanning process to complete. Now it will show you a list of all the outdated drivers. Click the update driver next to the driver you wish to update. If you are a registered user, you can update all outdated drivers at once by clicking the update all button. Reboot the system after updating the driver. Next is unhide the hidden D drive. Press Windows key plus R to open the run dialog box and type gpedit.msc to open the local group policy editor. In the group policy editor window, navigate to user configuration, administrative templates, windows components, file explorer options. From the panel that opens on the right side, select hide these specified drivers in my computer option. Click on it. Now hide these specified drives in my computer window will be opened from which you have to choose the option not configured and then select apply and then OK. Reassign the driver editor. Right click on the start button and select disk management. Locate your missing D drive and right click on it. In the dropdown, select the option of changing drive letters and paths. Next, click on change to change the CD or DVD drive initials. Then on the next page, change the initial drive letter for CD drive using the dropdown menu and click on OK. Once done, check your D drive missing problem shouldn't be fixed. So that's it. Do let me know which method worked for you in the comments and don't forget to like share and subscribe.