My drive smells like it is burnt out

You need to get this checked by a good mechanic SOON. Burning smell could be something simple or something Dangerous! Could you describe the smell? How strong is it? A 'Burnt Plastic' smell could be a serious one as this could be a wiring 'short' which if not sorted could cause an engine fire. **HOWEVER** Check the obvious stuff first!
Sometimes when you have topped up the engine oil any small spills can heat up with the engine and cause a smell. Usually a 'musty' burnt cooking oil smell
A sweet smell could be coolant. You can get this if a radiator hose or the radiator is leaking. You sometimes get this smell if the head gasket has 'blown'.

may be a starter problem...

smell the moter if it smells like burnt electrical it may be fried but check the wiring real good before u give up alot of the time the wires start to melt before the moter

probably your blower motor resistor has fried, not an expensive fix ath a garage

0300 is a mis fire. Explains the fried wire. Were all the plugs changed?? If not, definately change the one on the fried wire. Possible burnt cylinder. Does it fire/start right away cold?? If not, it could be the coil. Start by checking spark in all your wires and plugs. This will isolate your issue hopefully.

Well maybe a power surge happened last night.

Is the computer plugged into a power protector? If not maybe something got fried.

Check for the smell of burnt components. It smells like burning plastic kind of. If everything looks fine make sure everything is plugged in tightly like the power cord and hard drives etc.

Hope this helped.

early stages for alternator failure or a bad battery check your connections to

i have the same one ...and i'm not seeing a fuse, there may be one internally
does the inverter have strong "burnt wire" smell if so it is probably fried.

check under dash neer pedals make sure that theres not a wire shorting up under there

sounds like you broke something internally, and it is shorting out when you turn it on. I would suggest properly disposing the drive and buying a new one, as external drives are not worth fixing, and if it has a burning smell it is most defiantly a fire hazard.