IMac w/ external HD problem

I set my iMac (i5 dual core) up with Time Machine (External 1Tb HD using FW800 connection). Worked fine for about a year and a half then....  Mac doesn't recognize the HD anymore. You might say they had a "falling out". 
Drive spins up smoothly, no grinding, no smoke or odor, doesn't over heat, also tried using the USB port for connection. No Go.
Any suggestions? ...Advice? ...Help?

Long shot...
Reset the Firewire bus
If your Firewire or USB isn't recognizing any device.  A solution which has worked for some whose hard drive became invisible in 10.4 was simply to follow these four steps to reset the Firewire/USB bus:
1. Shut the machine down.
2. UNPLUG the power lead to the computer and any firewire/USB drive or devices.
3. leave it for 10 minutes.
4. Connect back up and reboot.
http://www.macmaps.com/firewirebug2.html
If the drive itself isn't gone, you can pull it out of the case it's & try one of this...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-to-IDE-SATA-S-ATA-2-5-3-5-HD-HDD-Adapter-Cable-/ 180550148600
Also, this has affected many brands, with many symptoms...
http://joemaller.com/1424/worst-component-ever/

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