External HDD #1 failing enumeration after connecting external HDD #2

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I'm on Windows 10. I had a LaCie 5TB drive assigned as the E: drive. I then connected an old Seagate 8TB drive. It assigned itself to E: and the LaCie drive disappeared.I am fairly confident that the drive did not coincidentally fail right around the time I dug out an old hard drive and connected it. So I am hoping there is just some discrepancy with how the device connects to the computer, and that all my data is still safe.I have tried:Restarting computer, disconnecting and reconnecting after trying other methodsAssigned new letter to Seagate drive and then reconnecting LaCie. It does not sh

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