red x over my drive


  1. Posts : 9
    Windows 7
       #1

    red x over my drive


    Hey!

    Why do i have a red x over my drive, its not shared anywhere.

    OS: win7

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  2. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #2

    Hello,

    See this tutorial here: Drive Icon - Change

    Good luck!

    ~JK
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  3. Posts : 72,052
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #3

    Hello BreeZer,

    That icon usually indicates that this drive is a disconnected or unavailable network drive.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
    Last edited by Brink; 28 Mar 2010 at 13:52.
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  4. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #4

    hello BreeZer,
    If this is a local drive, it could be a malware infection. You could try a few things.

    1) Scan with malwarebytes antimalware.
    2) Run CMD as admin, at the prompt type "sfc /scannow" (without quotes), hit enter, let it do its thing.
    3) Check the drive is properly seated, cable connections are secure.
    4) Since the drive is empty, you can just do a full reformat.
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  5. Posts : 4,466
    Windows 10 Education 64 bit
       #5

    New drive ?
    Not formated ?
    Go into disk management and see what it says for that drive.
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