Forgot to eject LaCie HD - won't mount now - can it be fixed?

Through my own stupidity, I forgot to eject my LaCie external HD before I powered off the LaCie (it was late and I was tired). Now it won't mount on my iMac G5. I tried to repair it using Tiger's disk utility but to no avail. I just get an "exit error" message. Does anyone know if repairing the LaCie thru Tiger's disk utility would fix it? I'm afraid to try. Or is the LaCie now a lost cause?
Thanks for any advice.

Hi Eugene,
Did the same a while ago. My LaCie was dead.
Using Data Rescue X (from Prosoft I believe) was quite helpfull. You can retrieve data from your 'dead' LaCie and fix the drive once your valuable data is rescued...
http://www.prosoftengineering.com/products/datarescueinfo.php
Perhaps the 'testdrive' is all you need...
Good luck!
Henk

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