Macbook Pro will not read G Drive

I bought a 2 tb G Drive about a year ago and was using it on my previous laptop which got stolen. I want to use my G Drive with my new laptop but for some reason it is not reading it. I tried everything. I looked for it in disk utilities also and it does not show. SOMEONE HELP!!!!!!!

- Is it connected via USB?
- Have you tried another cable?
- Is the HD AC power (vice powered by the connecting bus?
- Can you feel.hear the drive spinup?
- Go to System report and see if the enclosure and HD show up? If USB is is under USB
- Have you tried on another computer?
BTW, this is Mac Pro desktop forum

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