HELP! Lacie 4Big wont mount anymore!

Hi Guys,
I have a really important problem. I'm currently working with two 4Big Lacie Drives. Both drives were working fine last week. But I go to turn it on today and the 8TB drive (the other being a 4TB), wont mount. This drive has been working fine for about a month. It hasn't been knocked or anything, and was locked away over the weekend.
Today the drive can be seen in Disk Utility but I cant repair or verify the disk. And the one partition it has doesn't show up like its sister drive does. I have tried different power supplies and cables, as well as connecting it to another mac.
It is really important I get this drive working, as I am working to a tight deadline and fear I do not have time to re-format and then re-copy all 8TB of video I need onto this drive (FYI my files are backed up but in another location).
Please let me know any thoughts sASAP. And sorry if I havent included enough info.
Thanks,
Phil.

Most likely the external AC power supply brick is bad. If the drive is under warranty LaCie will replace the brick no charge and if it is not they sell the supplies on their website for around $20 US.

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Hi Guys,
I have a really important problem. I'm currently working with two 4Big Lacie Drives. Both drives were working fine last week. But I go to turn it on today and the 8TB drive (the other being a 4TB), wont mount. This drive has been working fine for about a month. It hasn't been knocked or anything, and was locked away over the weekend.
Today the drive can be seen in Disk Utility but I cant repair or verify the disk. And the one partition it has doesn't show up like its sister drive does. I have tried different power supplies and cables, as well as connecting it to another mac.
It is really important I get this drive working, as I am working to a tight deadline and fear I do not have time to re-format and then re-copy all 8TB of video I need onto this drive (FYI my files are backed up but in another location).
Please let me know any thoughts sASAP. And sorry if I havent included enough info.
Thanks,
Phil.

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