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
    2018-09-29T02:45:24+00:00

    Was it your CDROM?

    (1) Right-click START, & select "Disk Management".

    (2) Right-click the CD-ROM, & select "Change Drive Letter & Paths...".

    (3) Click the "Add" button, & select a letter for it.

    If it wasn't that one, find the right partition to right-click for it, or post a picture. Use the separator lines in the header to make the picture presentable.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-01T19:37:48+00:00

    I tried this and the response was "the arguments specified for this command are not valid" I did the following

    Prompt is "admin"

    DiskPart

    List volume 

    select volume 2

    Format the E-Disk

    then I get the above response

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  3. Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-05-10T02:51:00+00:00

    The drive letter must not be E:

    To better understand the state,

    Post a Screenshot of disk management.

    Open Disk Management by typing in diskmgmt.msc in Run Dialog box.

    Get a Screenshot and paste back in next reply:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows\_other-windows\_programs/how-to-include-a-screenshot-in-your-post/2594b08e-32a3-476a-85a6-b021181be7e4

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