Cannot access external hard drive

[Bullet]

had a laptop crash so i transfered laptop hard drive to an external enclosure
(USB 2.0) but now when I plug it into my desktop i get an error message g:/
is not accessible - parameter is incorrect (location not available).

any help

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

What crashed on the laptop?

 

[Spirit]

You may have more than one device claiming G:... look in Device Manager
and Disk Management.

http://www.lockergnome.com/windows/2006/11/23/change-your-drives-letter-in-vista/

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-024

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/114767-drive-letter-add-change-remove.html

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/...-the-drive-letter-and-paths-in-windows-vista/

 

[Terry]

something to do with the electrical supply - battery doesn't charge even with
an ac power supply - a technician said that something (don't remember exactly
what) had burnt out