My Book suddenly appears as a CD drive

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Similar question, usually means the mybook has become corrupt.

MYBOOK essential now shows up as the CD drive! it registers as empty!

hello Today the plug got knocked out of my drive and i ‘think’ it ‘may’ have been in use. the drive now doesnt register  when i plug it in. after for wiggling about etc it began to show up - but it was showing as the CD drive - which means all attempts to access it and read it dont work, because it thinks its an empty cd tray. it sometimes shows up in the ‘eject software’ bit - but wont diconnect, it says its still in use - but its not. it also shows up with its full name in various other pl…