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Thanks for your response Shan. The drive itself is fairly new at 7-8 months, but you never know. Do you think though that it makes sense that I can play files from that drive through windows media player?

And do you think these symptoms could have anything to do with the cable, especially given that it was loose when i received it? Either way I assume the problem arose during transit/repairs and has either damaged the cable or the hard drive- i can't see how any pro tools or compatibility related issues would only go for drive c and not e (but i'm far from an expert)