External HD is no longer loading to the desktop

I have two external drives connected by firewire that are no longer appearing on the desktop.
It worked fine until I ejected both of them from the desktop. I turned off the power of the iMac then restarted the iMac and turned the external drives. Now they won't appear on the desktop. What is the solution to get them to be recognized again.
I tried Disk Utility but it doesn't see the drives.
JKai

If Disk Utility does not have them in the sidebar, they are not being recognized by the system, for some reason.
Try shutting down (powering off) the iMac. Disconnect one drive so that there is only one connected to the iMac. Power on the iMac and then the drive. Is there any difference if only one drive is connected?
Try doing the same thing with only the other drive connected.
It is possible that one of the drives has become faulty and it is preventing the other one from being recognized as well.
Be sure to try using a difference FireWire cable and if your iMac has more than one FireWire port, try the other port.

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