HELP! Finder can't find my 2nd HD anymore!

My problem is, my 2nd HD is gone! I have my OS in my primary which is why I can still boot and go online, but my documents and whatnot are in the other and Finder doesn't recognize it! Disk Utility and System Profiler won't recognize my 2nd drive either.
Last thing I did before this: I downloaded some mpg and mp3 files unattended overnight and have been playing them this morning and all of a sudden, and among all the multitasking, I think a mpg file playing on VLC caused a heavy busy signal - I couldn't even forcequit VLC because Finder was hungup too.
So I decided to restart.
I restarted by shutting down on the Mac's power button (pressing it couple seconds). And again the powerbutton.
My specs:
OS X 10.3.9
G4 1.3GHz OWC upgrade
768 MB RAM
I still do have my OS9 so I could try locating the 2nd drive that way, but how can I fix it there? Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Steve

Yep it sure did mess up my directory.
So this is weird. I zapped my PRAM during startup and Finder found the secondary HD. I ran Disk Utility and the directory was damaged so had that repaired. Cured the problem. But I still think the primary startup disk is a little messed up too. Stalls a bit sometimes. Have to start from a CD and repair that as well. Thanks for the input.
_Steve

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