u/Whatisinausernam

DATA (D:) just appeared after using PC for years

I'm not sure if anyone has encountered this before, or if it even is a problem, but randomly on my desktop a DATA (D:) drive has just appeared and is nearly empty. I have had this desktop for years now and have just been using an external hard drive since the Acer (C:) drive was too small to put any games on. Randomly today though a DATA (D:) drive just showed up in the drivers section. I have checked it for errors, tried to restart to see if it went away, and looked up the hardware name. I didn't know I had two hard drives. Does anyone know why this just appeared and what exactly it is? Is it safe to use?

When I go into the about section of the settings on my PC my storage says 1.14 TB with 878 GB used. Under the C: drive however I seem to have about 256 GB total with 222 GB used.

The DATA (D:) hardware name is: ST1000DM003-1sb102
The Acer (C:) hardware name is: LITEON CV1-8B256

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u/Whatisinausernam — 10 hours ago