xternal hdd not detected

[thewisecrab]

Hi Guyz (sorry if wrong section)
My Internal HDD (samsung spinpoint) was converted to external hdd with usb2.0 and casing
I installed sum soft (chord pickout 4 guitar) after plugging it to my system
and unplugged it without any prob
I also installed my hp printer driver + soft the same day after unplugging d xternal hdd
since then XP has not detected this hdd even after plugging in
it doesnt autorun
also when i click on the icon of Hdd in my Computer, my pc hangs 4 a while and then says
"<drive letter> is inaccesible. error performing inpage operation"
The device is shown on "safely remove device" after pluging it in.
but i cant stop it as it says another prog is accesing the device (task manager doesnt show xtra process)
also when i plug it in when windows boots, it halts in the welcome screen 4 'bout 5 min and
then says
"windows has recovered from a serious issue"
and goes ahead as usual without detecting the device
i really need the device
what d hell is wrong???????????

[ThinkFree]

Does it work on another computer?

[thewisecrab]

yup... although it says error and new hardware might not work
its working fine (tried on lappy)