A screenshot from Disk Management could shed some light on this. To open Disk Management press Win+R and type diskmgmt.msc – gronostaj – 2014-08-23T18:22:18.310
Actually, you have one hard disk, which is divided into six partitions, of which one is labelled C: and you are asking about another. Oh, how much confusion could have been saved had Microsoft gone with a scheme that clarified the relationship between physical devices and partitions, back in the early 1980s... – a CVn – 2014-08-23T18:33:23.163
Did the computer come with Windows 8 (and was later updated) or was Windows 8.1 a clean install? – and31415 – 2014-08-23T22:25:08.450
@and31415 It came with Windows 8 and was later updated to 8.1. – Chloe – 2014-09-01T20:57:57.267
A screenshot from Disk Management could shed some light on this. To open Disk Management press Win+R and type
diskmgmt.msc
– gronostaj – 2014-08-23T18:22:18.310Actually, you have one hard disk, which is divided into six partitions, of which one is labelled
C:
and you are asking about another. Oh, how much confusion could have been saved had Microsoft gone with a scheme that clarified the relationship between physical devices and partitions, back in the early 1980s... – a CVn – 2014-08-23T18:33:23.163Did the computer come with Windows 8 (and was later updated) or was Windows 8.1 a clean install? – and31415 – 2014-08-23T22:25:08.450
@and31415 It came with Windows 8 and was later updated to 8.1. – Chloe – 2014-09-01T20:57:57.267
Yeah, guessed that. Here's a related Microsoft forum thread which includes some explanation and possible solutions: Strange new Drive created by Windows 8.1 update
– and31415 – 2014-09-01T21:03:33.400