Issue: In disk management, disk is shown as missing or Offline in Windows Resolution: The disks can be made online by using diskpart utility - Open a command prompt->type diskpart -Inorder to list the disks in the system type: list disk -Note down the number of the disk that you want to make online -Select that disk to operate upon, For eg:, if the disk number is 1, type: Select disk 1 -Now that particular disk will be selected as teh active disk. If you type "list disk" command once more, you can see a * symbol on the left side of the selected disk -Inorder to make the selected disk online type : online disk - If the disk is made online, you will get a message that the operation is completed successfully