Change directory via cmd.exe doesn't work

Question

I am trying to change directory via

cd d:

Doesn't work. I tried other variations of same process but doesn't work. As if command prompt doesn't recognize D drive.

You are only changing the active directory on drive d (or you would if you did specify `cd D:\stuff` for example). But you are not switching to that drive. — Marged, Dec 08 '15 at 23:01
Possible duplicate of [how to change directory in windows](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17753986/how-to-change-directory-in-windows) — Marged, Dec 08 '15 at 23:02
Does this answer your question? [Command prompt won't change directory to another drive](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11065421/command-prompt-wont-change-directory-to-another-drive) — phuclv, Jan 17 '23 at 10:06

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 08 '15 at 23:02

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just type D:. You don't need to input the cd to change drives.

edited Dec 08 '15 at 23:02

Marged

answered Dec 08 '15 at 22:58

xMetalDetectorx

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

The correct way to go from a random place on your C: drive to the root of your D: drive, is the following command :

cd /d d:\

If you're somewhere random on your D:\ drive, and you want to go to the root of your drive, you can use this command :

cd d:\

If you're somewhere random on your D:\ drive, and you want to go to a specific folder on your drive, you can use this command :

cd d:\path\to\my\folder

If you're on a different drive, and you want to go to the root of your D:\ drive, you can use this command :

cd /d d:\

If you're on a different drive, and you want to go to a specific folder on your D: drive, you can use this command :

cd /d d:\path\to\my\folder

If you're on a different drive, and you want to go to the last open folder of you D: drive, you can use this command :

cd /d d:

As a shorthand for cd /d d:, you can also use this command :

d:

An addition: The command ``cd \`` can be used to change to root of current drive independent on drive letter. And the command `cd \path\to\my\folder` can be used to change current directory to a specific directory on current drive independent on drive letter relative to root directory. A path starting with ``\`` is relative to root of current drive. A path starting with ``..\`` references parent directory of current directory. And a path starting with and ``.\`` or none of those 3 strings is relative to current directory. — Mofi, Jul 08 '17 at 21:09

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