Local Disk E

Anonymous
2018-05-01T11:19:11+00:00

I updated to the Creators Spring 1803 update yesterday.  Everything seems to be fine although I have not done much since updating.  However I notice in windows explorer under Local disk C another entry for Local disk E?  It is for 449mb in size with 42.9mb free space left.  It opens to show nothing saying the folder is empty.  What is it ?  Anything to do with the update or can I just delete it?

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Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2018-05-01T12:11:33+00:00

Yes, it is 3 in your case. It can vary to a system by system.

Correct squence:

diskpart

list volume

select volume 3

remove letter="E"

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Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2018-05-01T11:34:59+00:00

This is one of the known issues I am seeing with the update as Recovery partition should be hidden and is accidentally assigned a drive letter.

Right-click Start>Command Prompt(admin)

Type in the following:

diskpart

list volume

select volume 3

Replace 3 with the number of the volume which is assigned a drive letter. (In hundreds of MBs)

remove letter="G"

Replace G with the Recovery drive letter.

Don't worry, removing a drive letter would not cause any harm to your device.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-07-01T00:27:04+00:00

    Windows PowerShell

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    PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> DiskPart

    Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.17134.1

    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.

    On computer: DESKTOP-53A1MNN

    DISKPART> List Vol

    Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info

      ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------

      Volume 0     D                       DVD-ROM         0 B  No Media

      Volume 1     C   OS           NTFS   Partition    918 GB  Healthy    Boot

      Volume 2     E                NTFS   Partition    450 MB  Healthy    Pagefile

      Volume 3         Image        NTFS   Partition     11 GB  Healthy

      Volume 4         ESP          FAT32  Partition    500 MB  Healthy    System

    DISKPART> Exit

    Leaving DiskPart…

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-30T22:42:10+00:00

    Let us see your volumes this way...

    (1) Right-click START, & select "Windows PowerShell (Admin)".

    (2) Enter these commands...

    DiskPart

    List Vol

    Exit

    Either post a picture of it or copy/paste it here for a decision to made what's wrong in your case. Sounds like you are trying to remove the letter from the C: drive.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-30T16:03:40+00:00

    Sounds like it is a recovery partition that should be hidden. I would advise that you not delete it. Instead, press Windows key + X then click Disk Management

    Right click the E: partition

    Click Change Drive letters and paths then remove the assigned drive letter.

    Would it have any negative impact if i just left it, and didnt do anything with it. ?

    Format the E-Disk and the problems with the E-Disk will disappear. 

    I have tried everything to remove E.  when I do select Vol 2, remove Ltr E it tells me virtual disk service error.  assigning or removing drive letter on the current boot or pagefile volume is not allowed.  Now I tried disk mgmt. and I right click E and I get "help".  Nothing is working for me with this annoying problem

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