Deleted driver: d

[Tabz]

I rather stupidly accidentally deleted driver: D while i was in command prompt. I would like to know if there is any way to resolve this. I am not a very knowledgeable user so would require the information and steps to be very clear and easy to follow. Thanks

 

[Troncoso]

How did you "delete the driver" from the command prompt?

Which driver was it? For which hardware?

 

[Tabz]

Local Disc D, original one that was there when the computer was first installed
I deleted the driver by doing the following:
Typed 'Diskpart'
Then typed 'List Volume'
Then typed ' Select Volume 2'
Then im not sure what I did, i either typed clean or delete
But didnt realise what I had done till after i had done it

 

[Troncoso]

Drive, not driver. There's a big difference there. When I read "deleted driver: D", I thought you were using an emoticon.

Anyway. What's done is done. Once you delete a partition, it's gone. You can go to the start menu and search for "Disk Management". In here, you can see your empty space, right click it and create a new partition with D as the driver letter.

 

[voyagerfan99]

And this is why you don't play around with dispart unless you know what you're doing.

Even if you delete a partition, the data is still there. You just need to recover the partition. You can use something like EaseUS to recover the partition.

 

[Agent Smith]

I've deleted a partition before and it is very easy to retrieve. The data is still there. Think I used this software. http://www.active-undelete.com/howto_restore_part.htm