1TB G Drive Problem

Hello im having some problems with my 1TB G Drive, My hard drive is not recognising i tried to repair it but i get this message ' disk utility stopped verifying " disk4s2" please can anyone help id be grateful many thanks
if its hard for everyone to find the answer ive got a second external hard drive but i dont know how to back up from this drive to the other drive because my g drive is not reconizable and wont open i got this message
" disk utility cant repair this disk back up as many as your files as possible , reformat the disk and restore your back up files" but if the computer is not recongzing the hard drive how can i back up help please

So you have a primary drive with data, in an external case, are using a Mac Pro (workstation) and all the 4 iinternal drive bays are full?
I would say you should have a backup but maybe the most recent changes have not yet been backed up.
To rule out the enclosure take the drive out and install it internally.
You may need something more than Disk Utility.
Data Rescue 3
A 2nd drive for "recovery"
What brand and model encloure? interface?

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Hmmm.. sorry to jump in but...
I Wish I had seen this before I got mine.
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If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
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okay so i have been looking around like crazy for answers and im having such a hard time with it!!
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Hazelle wrote:
okay so i have been looking around like crazy for answers and im having such a hard time with it!!
i bought a 1TB hard drive Desk made by Seagate, problem is that my mac doesn't recognize it and everywhere i look for answers/solutions i get the same unhelpful information. My computer doesn't reconize it at all.... and it connects my USB.
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