Ok guys, I need some help. Yesterday I was having problems with my external hard drive (and I don't know why). When the external isn't plugged in, the computer runs fine. When I plug it in, the computer will recognize the hard drive. But if I try to access it, it just sits there and loads (and never finishes loading so I can't access it). When I tried to run a virus scan with Microsoft Security Essentials, the program (MSE) froze and told me it wasn't responding. When I go to shut down the computer, it'll just sit at the blue screen that says "shutting down" and it never does (but when the hard drive isn't plugged in, it'll shut down just fine). I'm using Windows 7 and I have information on this hard drive that I've had since 2008 and I DON'T want to lose it. Anybody have any ideas!?