u/Pleasant-Sky6119

Can any one tell me ?

Hey guys, I really need some help because I’m honestly freaking out right now. I was playing Delta Force when the game suddenly started glitching and then completely froze, Steam also stopped opening, so I restarted my PC. After restarting, I noticed my D: drive was completely gone from File Explorer and Steam was asking me to download Delta Force again. The D: drive had the game on it but it also has some important files/documents belonging to my brother, so I really don’t want to lose anything. I opened Disk Management and the D: drive wasn’t showing there either, and Windows gave me an “Initialize Disk” thing with MBR/GPT options, but I did NOT initialize it because I was scared it would erase the data. I then went into BIOS and the weird thing is that the BIOS actually detects the SanDisk 256GB drive. Under SATA configuration, SATA 2 shows “SanDisk SD8SB8 256.0 GB”, SATA 0 shows an Apple HDD, and the other SATA ports say not installed. The boot menu also shows Windows Boot Manager on the SanDisk, so the motherboard seems to see the SSD. But Windows itself won’t start properly. If I boot through Windows Boot Manager, I get the Gigabyte/Ultra Durable loading screen, then eventually “Preparing Automatic Repair”, and after that I get a completely black screen, sometimes with only the mouse cursor visible. I tried Ctrl+Alt+Delete, Win+Ctrl+Shift+B, restarting, using F12 and Windows Boot Manager, going into BIOS, checking SATA/RST settings, and I also tried interrupting startup twice to trigger Windows Recovery, but I still can’t get the blue recovery/troubleshooting screen. I have NOT initialized or formatted the drive, deleted any partitions, reinstalled Windows, or run CHKDSK because I really don’t want to make the situation worse. I also can’t open the PC case right now to reseat the SSD, and I don’t have another working USB drive to make Windows recovery media. One USB has important photos, and the other one isn’t recognized by Windows. Right now the PC basically boots to the Gigabyte screen, tries Automatic Repair, and then ends up on a black screen with a cursor. Has anyone had this exact problem where the drive disappears from Windows but is still detected in BIOS, followed by Automatic Repair and a black screen with cursor? I mainly want to know if there’s a safe way to get Windows working again or recover the D: drive without risking the files. I’m really trying not to initialize, format, or reinstall anything unless absolutely necessary, pls try to help me as soon as possible I'll be very grateful