windows is duplicating disk drives

Antonio Mota 0 Reputation points
2026-10-14T17:27:46.33+00:00

windows is duplicating disk drives windows is duplicating disk drives

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  1. Emma1-N 13,785 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-10-15T00:16:13.4766667+00:00

    Welcome Antonio Mota,

    Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A. I understand that Windows 11 is showing duplicated disk drives.

    To help narrow this down, could you please confirm:

    • Do you see the duplicate drives under File Explorer > This PC, in the left navigation pane, or both?
    • Do both drives have the same drive letter, such as D:, or different letters?
    • Is the affected drive an internal drive, USB/external drive, or network drive?

    While checking, please try this quick test:

    • Press Windows+R, type diskmgmt.msc, and press Enter.
    • Check whether the duplicated drive appears as one volume or two separate volumes there.
    • If it appears only once in Disk Management but twice in File Explorer, please let us know the drive letter and name shown for both entries.
    • If it appears twice in Disk Management, please do not delete, format, or change either volume yet, particularly if it contains important data.

    Looking forward to your update.

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