Windows 7 - WMP will no longer play files from Ext. HD

[MXR09]

Hello all!

When I first bought my External Hard Drive, I loaded it with all of my Music and Movies. It played everything directly from the External HD without a problem.

Yesterday, I booted up, opened Windows Media Center, and when I tried to play a song, I got the error message:

"Windows Media Player cannot find the file. If you are trying to play, burn, or sync an item that is in your library, the item might point to a file that has been moved, renamed, or deleted."

I have not moved any of the files, and I have to assume they haven't become corrupt. If I drag a file onto the desktop, and then click on it, it plays fine!

Any help would be appreciated.
MXR09

 

[Hefemeister]

Try opening the file directly from the hd versus from media center.

My guess is the drive letter changed on your external confusing the heck out of wmp.

 

[MXR09]

Thank you for the quick response. I have tried this without any luck. My drive location has always been "i", so I don't think this is this case. I have looked over the file paths, and the seem to match exactly. I'm a computer geek myself, so I have tried all of the traditional fixes (clearing WMP, and then re-adding the files etc..).

After all of the problems I've fixed on other peoples computers, I'm embarrassed to say I can't figure out how to fix my External Hard Drives connectivity issues. lol