CAN'T GET HARD DRIVE BACK ON LINE!

I made the mistake of opening up a FCP4 file without the SCSI drive that contained the media and when it went looking for the hard drive it couldn't find it. So I shut down and rebooted with the hard drive on. NOW whenever I try to open the file it's says "access to that drive has been denied or failed." The drive clearly is NOT off line as far as the computer is concerned (appears in the desktop and functions fine). I can't get through "Check again" or "reset scratch disk" to open my blasted file. Any suggestions? Am I screwed? This seems ridiculous.

I can't even get FPC to open because it wants to open the last project by default. Even when trying to open it through the desk top it's still looking for my hard drive and won't let me get by the "quit" "check again" or "reset scratch disks" screen.
I can't believe simply not having the hard drive on would cause such a MAJOR problem. Still trying you're other suggestions.

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