Find the c drive is missing
Sometimes, users may find that C drive and the desktop disappear after the computer
is turned on. Even the shortcut on the desktop are gone. What’s going on? In
general, if there is an abnormality in the virus or disk partition table on the
computer, the system may not be used properly. So we need to detect and repair the
disk. What should we do?
How to fix c drive is missing from my computer?
Don’t know how to fix the problem about c drive missing? Here provides you two
methods to do this operation.
Method 1. Restore C drive with Windows built-in tool
If you can enter the system desktop and the system is running normally, it may be
that the C drive is hidden. At this point, you can recover it as follows:
1. Press “Windows” + “R” to open the Run box, type
“gpedit.msc” and press “Enter”.
2. In the pop-up window, find “User Configuration” >“Administrative Templates” > “Windows Components”. Double click “Windows
Explorer” to open it.
3. Then find “Hide these specified drives in My Computer”
in the right window. Open it, make sure it is “Not Configured”, and click “OK”.
After that, back to the desktop, and you can find your C drive. If it doesn’t work,
try the method below:
1. Click “Start” and type “cmd” in the Search Box.
2. Find Command Prompt, right click it and select “Run as
administrator”.
3. Input “sfc/scannow” and press “Enter”. The scan results
will detail the problem file and the repair record.
4. Then, input “chkdsk c: /f” and press “Enter”. The system
will self-detect and repair the C drive.
If the desktop cannot be accessed normally, there may be a problem with the Master
Boot Record (MBR) of the C drive. At this point, you can use the following method to
perform a test and repair.
1. Restart the computer and press “F8” before the Windows
logo appears. And then select “Safe Mode”.
2. After that, input the following commands and press
“Enter” after each.
bootrec/ fixmbr
bootrec/ fixboot
bootrec/ scanos
bootrec/ rebuildbcd
3. Restart your computer after that.
Method 2. Restore C drive with third party software
If there is a problem with the MBR of the C drive, and the command line has not been
successfully repaired. Then you can turn to third party software to fix this
problem. Here I highly recommend you AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional- a magical third party partition manager which provides
you many powerful functions like rebuild MBR and partition recovery wizard. And it
can help you to fix the problem C drive missing easily and effectively in Windows
10/8/7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. You need to create a bootable media in advance and boot the computer from the bootable media. Then, follow
the specific guide below:
Step 1. Install and run AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. Right click the disk you need to repair and select
“Rebuild MBR”.

Step 2.In the next window, set the type of MBR for the current OS.
(Choose a proper MBR type according to your operating system.) Then, click “OK”.

Step 3.Then, it will back to the main interface. Click “Apply” to
commit this operation.

After the operation is complete, restart the computer to commit the repair.
In addition to this, it is possible that you cannot find C drive as it is lost. At
this point, you can also use the AOMEI Partition Assistant to search for the lost
partitions and recover them. The specific steps are below:
Step 1.Run AOMEI Partition Assistant, click “Partition Recovery
Wizard” and select the disk you want to recover. Click “Next” to continue

Step 2.In the next window, select a search method you need, and
click “Next”.

* Fast Search: It will scan the first sector of each partition on
the selected disk in order to find out the deleted or lost partition quickly.
Full Search:More in-depth search every sector of each partition on
the selected disk. And, consequently, it needs more time. You could choose this
method when Fast Search fails.
Step 3. Wait for the search to complete, and select the lost partition that was
searched, click “Proceed” to continue.
Tips:
The partitions been found are listed in detail. You can see their special
information. You can also double click the partition to see whether the
partition is the one you want to recover.
You can select more than one partition by ticking the box which lies in front
of each partition information and recover them all in one time.
The final status after restoring can be seen in graphic bar. The partition
with blue cross is the partition you are going to recover.
Conclusion
If you encounter the problem of “C drive is missing from my computer”, it probably
has something wrong with the MBR or the C drive is lost. To solve this problem, you
can turn to AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional which can help you to do the repair operation
easily and effectively. Besides create bootable media, rebuild MBR and recover
partition, it also has many other powerful features like resize/move/format/delete
partition, migrate OS to SSD and so on.