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LOCAL DISK (G:)

Anonymous
2018-05-15T20:02:27+00:00

ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO I STARTED HEARING THIS WINDOS MESSAGE SOUND WHEN I WASN'T ON THE COMPUTER. NOW SENSE ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO I'VE STARTED SEEING WHAT THE MESSAGE IS. "LOCAL DISK (G:) IS RUNNING OUT OF SPACE etc."

THE PROBLEM IS THERE IS NO LOCAL DISK (G:) UNDER MY CONTROL. THERE IS A LOCAL DISK G WHEN I CLICK ON FILE EXPLORER BUT WHEN I CLICK ON THIS ICON IT SAYS THERE ARE NO FILES, FOLDER IS EMPTY. BUT WHEN I RIGHT CLICK ON THE ICON AND CLICK ON PROPERTIES I GET THIS:

NOW IS LOCAL DISK (G:) A LEGITIMATE DISK USED BY THE WINDOWS FILE SYSTEM? AND IF SO WHAT DO I DO ABOUT THIS MESSAGE?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-05-15T20:04:01+00:00

    Hi Joseph,

    This is a recovery partition that was brought into view since the April 2018 update. You will need to remove the drive letter and mount point in DiskPart in order to bring it out of view, as it is intended in the first place.

    Hit Windows key + R together to go into Run. Type in the following: diskpart

    Enter the following in the new DiskPart window:

    select volume G

    remove letter=G

    Does not work after a reboot? Try entering this instead in an administrator session of Command Prompt: mountvol G: /D

    Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/8gj...

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    I hope this helps. Please do let me know if this fixes it.

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  1. DaveM121 869K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-05-15T20:03:41+00:00

    Hi Joseph, this is a known issue in the 1803 Update,

    It is the recovery drive, you are not meant to see it, it is not meant to have a drive letter, remove the drive letter and everything will return to normal:

    Click your Start Button, type cmd, then right click Command Prompt and choose 'Run as Administrator'

    Run this command and hit Enter

    diskpart

    Run this command and hit Enter

    list volume

    Note down the letter associated with that new drive

    Run these commands one at a time and hit Enter (replace X with the correct drive letter)

    select volume X

    remove letter=X

    Close Command Prompt and restart your PC

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-06-02T19:14:17+00:00

    ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO I STARTED HEARING THIS WINDOS MESSAGE SOUND WHEN I WASN'T ON THE COMPUTER. NOW SENSE ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO I'VE STARTED SEEING WHAT THE MESSAGE IS. "LOCAL DISK (G:) IS RUNNING OUT OF SPACE etc."

    THE PROBLEM IS THERE IS NO LOCAL DISK (G:) UNDER MY CONTROL. THERE IS A LOCAL DISK G WHEN I CLICK ON FILE EXPLORER BUT WHEN I CLICK ON THIS ICON IT SAYS THERE ARE NO FILES, FOLDER IS EMPTY. BUT WHEN I RIGHT CLICK ON THE ICON AND CLICK ON PROPERTIES I GET THIS:

    NOW IS LOCAL DISK (G:) A LEGITIMATE DISK USED BY THE WINDOWS FILE SYSTEM? AND IF SO WHAT DO I DO ABOUT THIS MESSAGE?

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-02T23:55:29+00:00

    Hi there! Go to the link below.

    Make sure to scroll all the way down.

    Follow the instructions carefully.

    It worked!

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows\_10-files/local-disk-g/d4b88004-39f9-4347-9a20-65d492375744

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-16T00:46:26+00:00

    Thanks DaveM121 your instructions worked although you and Ethan B. had different ways of getting to the root of the problem. DaveM your Run as Administrator didn't work so I just entered diskpart and it was smooth sailing from there. Ethan B. your instructions were more interesting wish I had tried them. :-)

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