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Switched HDD temporarily - Cannot see original D: anymore

Asked by smozgur in Hard Drives & Storage

Tags: cannot, drive, letter, see

Hi experts,

I got following PC structure:

IDE1 :
HDD1 -> Master - System (C: E:)
HDD2 -> Slave (F: G:)

IDE2:
HDD3 -> Master (D:)
DVD -> Slave (H:)

HDDs are NTFS and OS Windows XP. It was working without problems since I built it.

Today I had to get some information from one of my old HDDs (Fat32). I unplugged DVD cable and plugged old HDD instead (slave). Restarted my system and got all data succesfully from the old HDD that I needed. However old HDD appeared as D: and I didn't see my original D: (HDD3) when I did this. I thought that it wouldn't be a big trouble and removed old HDD then restarted PC when I am done with data transferring.

Now I can't see my HDD3 but old HDD in D: with old HDD's label, size and files the one which is not installed anymore (it is on my desk at the moment.)! This never happened before. When I get into D drive (which is problem drive in question) I see the files that I got in old HDD (which is not plugged anymore). Of course I can't open any file in this drive since it is not actually that drive but just like an image.

What have I done wrong and how can I fix it? Did I somehow messed with drive letters so Windows XP doesn't want to see the original D: anymore but remember the temporarily plugged old HDD?

Thank you!
Suat
(I deleted my old question which is related the same issue because I realized that I didn't explain what I did correctly.)
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