Back in the day simply switching the cable to the drive determined which one was the C drive.... I would try that. It is possible they did get re-connected incorrectly. 

Shut it off..... swap the cables ( power cables don't matter)  and reboot to see what it does. 

That be the data cable not the power cables, which are easy to tell the difference. Unless your original C: drive bit the dust so the computer is booting off of the other drive now because it can not do anything else. Try changing the boot order in the BIOS if necessary, because it can be done, but still should not have changed, so it could be the cable to the drive that got switched (the data cable).

Well, thanks to all your great input, I just opened 'er up and switched those cables...and it works!  :)  I asked my son if he had disconnected them for some reason and he said he had disconnected everything.  I think he likes wires a little bit too much.  


Then the screen resolution was all messed up and he reminded me how to fix it and told me that's because I had a new video card.  But it didn't do that before I switched the hard drive cables.  

So hmm.....now it's probably gonna blow up or something.  But maybe, just maybe...I mean MAYBE I can do a new piece now before long.  I mean, I have a whole week before school starts again!  :) 

Thanks again, all of you!  Sure do appreciate your help.  

I hope everything works right now Janet. Computers can make you insane. A DAW can REALLY do it.

I hope you get a good song done this week.

Julien

Oh, I'm pretty sure computers, and my DAW in particular have already driven me over the edge....

Kids, ya gotta love em. :)

Janet


Oh, I'm pretty sure computers, and my DAW in particular have already driven me over the edge....

Seems rather a short road, no?
Somehow, I can relate to Wile E. Coyote, and any package marked ACME

Yes, so true...

glad you're back up and running. 

now... to actually do something creative with it......