Windows 11 drive D usable but not visible in File Explorer
Today, I encountered a strange issue in Windows 11 where the D drive
was visible in the Disk Management tool but not in File Explorer. I
searched online for many solutions, such as updating drivers in Device
Manager, disabling and re-enabling the device, using
diskpart
to delete and recreate the partition, changing the
volume label, changing the drive letter, etc., but none worked.
Problem Description
- A new D drive, visible in
diskmgmt.msc
Disk Management, everything seemed normal. It could even be accessed in File Explorer (though the drive wasn’t displayed in the left sidebar). - The D drive could be used normally, such as via the command line.
- Changing the drive letter to “E” or another letter made it visible in File Explorer, but switching it back to “D” caused it to disappear again.