External drive suddenly has strange icon

Never seen this before. Usually the external drives show an orange hard-drive icon and drive name on the desktop. I've got dozens of external drives. Always the same icon. Suddenly one of my drives, which I've been using quite frequently, and which has always had an orange icon like all the others, has come onto the desktop with an icon looking like one of those old portable zip drives.
I'm at a loss as to why. Or if it means I'm about to have something wonky happen to the drive.
Any suggestions?
Ben

Hi. You may be able to restore the icon by copying one of the others via the Get Info windows:
Open the Get Info windows for the drive with the wrong icon and a drive with the correct icon. Select the correct icon so that it is highlighted and do a Command(Apple)-C to copy it - then select/highlight the wrong icon in the Get Info window and do a Command(Apple)-V to paste.
You could check out the drive directory structure, etc. in Disk Utility > First Aid > Verify Disk - or with Disk Warrior
http://alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/index.html
If S.M.A.R.T. Status is supported on the drive, DU or DW should report the status as 'Verified' - or not: "If the S.M.A.R.T. status for a disk shows "Verified," nothing is wrong with it. If you see "About to Fail" in red letters, you should back up the disk and replace it as soon as possible." - from DU Help.
If the Finder is experiencing widespread wierdness, you may have to delete the com.apple.finder.plist file in HD/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/ and then re-select your Finder Preferences. Good Luck.

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