Cant see/find my D and E drive after windows 11 update

Question

Since my laptop was updated to windows 11, my D and E drives are missing. Cant see them on the Disk management tool as well. Can you help me find and re-name them back to normal.

Answer 1

I have a similar problem - after recovering from a SSD C: failure by replacing it and reloading windows 11, my D: drive is now E: and Disk Manager hasn't the option D: it has all the other letters of the alphabet except C:

Answer 2

Hello! Leon. Thanks for the details.

First is to Confirm They’re Really Missing, so check if they’re detected at all:

1. Press Win + X → Disk Management.
   • If you see “Unallocated space” instead of D: and E:, they’re still there but partitions are lost — you’ll need to recover them.
   • If they’re not listed at all, continue below.
2. Press Win + X → Device Manager → Disk drives.
   • See if the missing drives are listed here (maybe as “Unknown” or “Generic”).
   • If you see them with a yellow icon → right-click → Update driver or Enable device.

See if this helps. If you need further assistance, just let me know.

Best regards,

Kimberly