diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py
index 54da1c8a625398..0ea621cc601037 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib.py
@@ -61,41 +61,16 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.join = self.sep.join
 
     def parse_parts(self, parts):
-        parsed = []
+        if not parts:
+            return '', '', []
         sep = self.sep
         altsep = self.altsep
-        drv = root = ''
-        it = reversed(parts)
-        for part in it:
-            if not part:
-                continue
-            if altsep:
-                part = part.replace(altsep, sep)
-            drv, root, rel = self.splitroot(part)
-            if sep in rel:
-                for x in reversed(rel.split(sep)):
-                    if x and x != '.':
-                        parsed.append(sys.intern(x))
-            else:
-                if rel and rel != '.':
-                    parsed.append(sys.intern(rel))
-            if drv or root:
-                if not drv:
-                    # If no drive is present, try to find one in the previous
-                    # parts. This makes the result of parsing e.g.
-                    # ("C:", "/", "a") reasonably intuitive.
-                    for part in it:
-                        if not part:
-                            continue
-                        if altsep:
-                            part = part.replace(altsep, sep)
-                        drv = self.splitroot(part)[0]
-                        if drv:
-                            break
-                break
-        if drv or root:
-            parsed.append(drv + root)
-        parsed.reverse()
+        path = self.pathmod.join(*parts)
+        if altsep:
+            path = path.replace(altsep, sep)
+        drv, root, rel = self.splitroot(path)
+        unfiltered_parsed = [drv + root] + rel.split(sep)
+        parsed = [sys.intern(x) for x in unfiltered_parsed if x and x != '.']
         return drv, root, parsed
 
     def join_parsed_parts(self, drv, root, parts, drv2, root2, parts2):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
index 668af8030c0c6a..f324177ff85573 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ def test_parse_parts(self):
         check(['a', '/b', 'c'],         ('', '\\', ['\\', 'b', 'c']))
         check(['Z:/a', '/b', 'c'],      ('Z:', '\\', ['Z:\\', 'b', 'c']))
         check(['//?/Z:/a', '/b', 'c'],  ('\\\\?\\Z:', '\\', ['\\\\?\\Z:\\', 'b', 'c']))
+        # Joining with the same drive => the first path is appended to if
+        # the second path is relative.
+        check(['c:/a/b', 'c:x/y'], ('c:', '\\', ['c:\\', 'a', 'b', 'x', 'y']))
+        check(['c:/a/b', 'c:/x/y'], ('c:', '\\', ['c:\\', 'x', 'y']))
 
     def test_splitroot(self):
         f = self.flavour.splitroot
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-29-20-58-37.gh-issue-94909.YjMusj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-29-20-58-37.gh-issue-94909.YjMusj.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b6d853888101c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-29-20-58-37.gh-issue-94909.YjMusj.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix incorrect joining of relative Windows paths with drives in
+:class:`pathlib.PurePath` initializer.