Macbook Pro won't recognise Lacie external HD

The beginning of this week i sold my old 2008 iMac (running Lion) as i wanted to upgrade to a new Macbook Pro. I was using my old iMac with an additional Lacie Rugged 1TB external HDD which was set-up via time-machine and i backed up everything through that and never had a problem with it.
Just before i sold the iMac i backed everything up for the last time with the view that i could simply plug my HDD into the new Macbook and retrieve my system, apps & files..Unfortunately after several attempts i can't even get the MBP to recognise the HD even exists! I know there's no problem with the HDD and i always eject it properly before switching it off. I've tried different USB ports, different leads, Disk Utility etc etc.. but still cannot seem to get the MBP to recognise the HDD! It's all very frustrating.
I've searched through the forum to no avail, so does anyone have any ideas for what i can do from here?!

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