Second Hard Drive Problem

I have an E Machines 330 which only has a 20 gig hard disc. I was recently given another 20 gig hard disc which I slaved to the system. I copied all of my music and various other (important) files onto it. All went well for a few days, but then the disk check thing ran one time I booted up and since then I cannot access the drive. The link for it is still on my desktop but when I click it I get the following message: "D:\ is not accessible. The wrong diskette is in the drive. Insert (Volume Serial Number:) into Drive D:\" I have not changed anything at all, and when I try to right-click the drive in My Computer, I cannot access it that way either. PLEASE, PLEASE help!

well i dont know what to tell u besides format the drive and start over… u SHOULD have backed up any data u consider real important to a cd-r or dvd etc this should be a common practice with data u cant afford to lose.

you might try this: turn computer off, open case, disconnect power and IDE ribbon cable to drive. reboot. then shut down reconnect power and IDE ribbon back to drive—reboot

you might try this:

turn computer off, open case, disconnect power and IDE ribbon cable to drive. reboot. then shut down reconnect power and IDE ribbon back to drive—reboot

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If you mean the cable from the PC to the hard drive, I have tried that and it didn't work.

Hi,

If you mean the cable from the PC to the hard drive, I have tried that and it didn't work.

yes, thats what i meant. visit the HD makers website, they have utilities (diagnostic) troubleshooting info, FAQ etc– that may be of help.