Local Hard Drive Missing After Windows 8 Refresh

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Hi Guys,

I am in the middle of a nightmare. I had been using my Dell Inspiron 15R 5521 with the factory installed Windows 8 Single Language version with a 1 TB Hard Drive. Its been over an year, i have been using it.

I used to install my programs in the C: Drive and separate my project related files, mp3s, etc in the D: drive so should their be any virus attack or anything unexpected, i could just format the C: Drive and have all my applications re-installed, which is no big deal for me.

Yesterday I had a very unexpected thing go down. My laptop started acting funny, it started restarted on its own over and over again and goes to the big blue screen notifiying me that the laptop had to be restarted.

Since i was under notion my D: Drive is safe, and the worse thing that could happen would a virus attack on the C: drive, i decided to refresh my PC because it was doing all sorts of weird stuff.

After refreshing my PC, I lost the entire D: drive, which as you know would be a shock to anyone.

Right now, my D: drive is my DVD drive. I can't figure out how to recover the other drive and its files. My Refreshing i had taken a backup as requested by the wizard but i couldnt view what all files are being taken as backup.

Looks like, it has only taken the backup of my C: Drive.

Any HELP with recovering my drive and the files?!?!
 
Was the D drive a partition of the single drive you had. Please post a screenshot of Disk Management.

If it was a partition, Partition Wizard recovery option might recover it.
 
Yup, Initially it was a single drive. I created the other drive to save my files and projects.
Here is a screenshot of the disk management.
disk management.PNG
 
"After refreshing my PC, I lost the entire D: drive"

Refreshed from within Windows or Refreshed via the Dell recovery partition?
 
I was directed to a blue screen with options for reset, refresh, advanced options...as in, before loading windows so
Refreshed via the Dell recovery partition...i guess...
 
If you used the Dell recovery partition, you reset the computer to original factory conditions. Unfortunately the D partition is now gone. I hope you backed up your data.
 
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