Kevin10101 Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Disk management, right click on drive and my letter is missing from list? Launch Regedit, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices. Drive letter is in Reg but missing in disk management? How to get missing drive letter back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted February 26, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 26, 2020 How is this a ccleaner question ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted February 26, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 26, 2020 Post moved to 'Hardware' section. To get a missing drive letter back in various circumstances see this: In particular Section 3. "Drive letter missing in Windows Disk Management".https://www.diskpart.com/articles/drive-letter-missing-4125.html *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Keep getting logged out of websites? See this link: https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/67601-saved-passwords/#comment-349999 Wondering about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link: https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin10101 Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 I used ccleaner then lost my drive (i) to be exact. Explorer does not see the (i) drive but its still in the registry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted February 27, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 27, 2020 Have you tried the solution(s) in the link that I posted above? No's 2 and 5 are specific to that particular partitioning software, but the others are general Windows solutions. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Keep getting logged out of websites? See this link: https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/67601-saved-passwords/#comment-349999 Wondering about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link: https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin10101 Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Formatting the drive will not bring back the drive letter. Connected several USB sticks formatted them and the drive (i) is still missing. Used the program https://www.easeus.com/ Same no (i) drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted February 29, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 29, 2020 What is the drive that is missing, a usb stick, an SSD or a hard disk? Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 29, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 29, 2020 Usually 3rd party partitioning software that has more features than what's built into Windows own partition tool have the ability to hide/unhide partitions. In those 3rd party partition tools however you have to remember to click the Apply button though in order for them to follow your requests otherwise they won't do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted February 29, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 29, 2020 No one here suggested reformatting/repartitioning the drive at this stage. The fact that you have done that and still can't see it suggests that it is something in Windows itself that is not seeing/reporting the drive. Look again at options 1, 3, 4, and 6 in that link I gave. Those are all fixes for Windows itself, not any 3rd party tool. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Keep getting logged out of websites? See this link: https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/67601-saved-passwords/#comment-349999 Wondering about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link: https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trium Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 what is with an complete restart? from time to time windows have problems with fastboot and an restart is needed. Versions of CCleaner Cloud; Introduction Ccleaner Cloud; Ccleaner-->System-Requirements; Ccleaner FAQ´s; Ccleaner builds; Scheduling Ccleaner Free Es ist möglich, keine Fehler zu machen und dennoch zu verlieren. Das ist kein Zeichen von Schwäche. Das ist das Leben -> "Picard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trium Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 i dont know how exactly how it calls in english windows versions... Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management (directly under data storage) rightklick on the usb or what you want -> "change drive letter or path" -> kontextmenu click on "to change or add" you can choose your drive letter an it shows you the available driveletters... Versions of CCleaner Cloud; Introduction Ccleaner Cloud; Ccleaner-->System-Requirements; Ccleaner FAQ´s; Ccleaner builds; Scheduling Ccleaner Free Es ist möglich, keine Fehler zu machen und dennoch zu verlieren. Das ist kein Zeichen von Schwäche. Das ist das Leben -> "Picard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 2, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 2, 2020 6 hours ago, trium said: Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management (directly under data storage) Even easier - in Windows 10 to quickly open Disk Management: Right-click the Windows icon/logo in the Taskbar, and select Disk Management. -------------- Something else: If that drive is in an external/portable USB HDD or SSD (not one pre-made by a drive manufacturer) that you DIY made yourself with a loose drive and placed into an external/portable enclosure try switching to a different enclosure. Sometimes those inexpensive USB HDD/SSD enclosures can have a controller failure. Also sometimes switching a drive from one enclosure to another without re-formatting the drive can cause the drive to fail to be recognized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trium Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 11 hours ago, Andavari said: Even easier - in Windows 10 to quickly open Disk Management: thanks a lot - i dont can really write about the options in w10 because i dont have w10 yet :-) 18 hours ago, trium said: you can choose your drive letter an it shows you the available driveletters... you can also see which drive letters are already in use. Versions of CCleaner Cloud; Introduction Ccleaner Cloud; Ccleaner-->System-Requirements; Ccleaner FAQ´s; Ccleaner builds; Scheduling Ccleaner Free Es ist möglich, keine Fehler zu machen und dennoch zu verlieren. Das ist kein Zeichen von Schwäche. Das ist das Leben -> "Picard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 3, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 3, 2020 Not sure exactly which Windows OSes that Disk Management may make you reboot in to do this but it can be very annoying in some older versions of Windows. Nirsoft's freeware DriveLetterView can also change drive letter's and I've never seen it require a reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trium Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 my pic is from w8.1 disk management oh, no restart after another drive letter assignment but from time to time is a restart needed (since faststart is integrated with w8 and newer) sometimes have windows problems for all kinds of stuff after an series of shutdowns and powerons (this is not an restart). and with an real new start (restart like after updating) can windows eliminate some kind of problems by itself... my english is not so good but i hope you understand what i mean with this :-) Versions of CCleaner Cloud; Introduction Ccleaner Cloud; Ccleaner-->System-Requirements; Ccleaner FAQ´s; Ccleaner builds; Scheduling Ccleaner Free Es ist möglich, keine Fehler zu machen und dennoch zu verlieren. Das ist kein Zeichen von Schwäche. Das ist das Leben -> "Picard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 4, 2020 Well if it's a USB drive sometimes Windows regardless of how ancient or brand new it is will require a reboot when USB isn't working correct, i.e.; like the drive not mounting ("showing up") - although sometimes Windows just needs to be given time to detect and mount the drive, I've lost count how many times I've seen that with a USB drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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