Seagate Portable Hard Drive - Documents Not Opening?

Hi guys!
I am using a new Seagate GoFlex Portable HD (500GB) and up until 5 minutes ago, no problems were to be had! NOW whenever I try to open ANY old Office For Mac 2010 file, I'm told I can't (for a variety of reasons)!
The funny thing is that when I drag them from the portable HD to the Desktop, they open with no problem. In addition, I can open new documents from the Seagate portable HD with no fuss. I have removed Office For Mac 2010 and reinstalled it, cleaned up the drive, etc, etc BUT the problem still remains.
Help, please

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