Lion not seeing files on external

So, I installed Lion. No problems. When I plug my external in (500GB), Lion recognized it, I see my files. I tried to open my Aperture library and it needs to be upgraded to 3.1.3. Here is where the problems begin.
Aperture just hangs. I'm not allowed to unmount the disk. I try to repair file permisions through Disk Utility. It is unable to do it because it can't unmount the disk. My Aperture library now says 'zero bytes'. I can no longer open folders on the drive. I plugged it into an ol PowerPC iMac and it sees the drive but shows nothing of the folders. Plug it back into my Lion installed laptop and I see the folders but nothing more.
Any suggestions? All my pictures are on this drive. I NEED them back!

Interesting that no files show when plugged into the USB port, drive looks empty with the exception of the space remaining. Folder structures show when plugged into firewire 400. The drive has an external power supply.

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