Folder named D not visible on external hard drive

[goombawaho]

I've got a Windows 8 Pro computer at a customer that has an external hard drive for backup. I do Mozy backup to it + a windows daily file history backup + a batch file backup using Robocopy. They don't conflict with each other - different destination folders on the external drive (G.

The robocopy backup is set up like this:
A folder for every day on the external hard drive in the root (Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
A subfolder in each DAY folder (only for Outlook) being copied from C:\users\JoeBob\Documents to G:\Monday\Documents
A subfolder in each DAY folder for all other data from the data drive D: of the PC to G:\Monday\D

The robocopy backup works just fine and copies all the data. But, when I go to the external drive via This PC > G: > Monday folder, you cannot see the folder named D. You can access it if you put the path in manually (G:\monday\d) and see all your files.

Just not understanding why Windows 8 is hiding a folder named D

"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.

 

[linney]

What happens if you name the folder to something other than "D" in case it is confusing it with "D" as in a D: drive and assuming that to be an Invalid name. Pretty weak but easy to check.

 

[goombawaho]

Yeah, well that was my analysis that it was some sort of invalid name, but I can't find anywhere that tells me that on the internet. I can try renaming, but I'm wondering if renaming the folder will do it or if it will still be tainted by the original name. I'll give it a try but I'm seeking the explanation as it's not really a technical problem for me - more of an esoteric search for knowledge.

Wondering if this is at all like the other post. Link

"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.

 

[zelgar]

It almost sounds like the folder is HIDDEN. Look under options to turn on View Hidden Directories.

 

[goombawaho]

No logical reason for it to be hidden, but I can try an attrib when there next time.

"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.

 

[linney]

This is an old, old article that I had forgotten about completely but it might be worth a read if nothing else comes to mind.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...Cm5rEZSZdjKkPilFd0ezkVg&bvm=bv.72197243,d.dGc

Download the .pdf and read the article, it gets interesting around the paragraph

"HOW MICROSOFT DOES IT

 

[goombawaho]

Had to do an "attrib -s -h D" to be able to view the folder named D in windows explorer or at the DOS prompt.

"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.