My dumb external LaCie won't mount.....AAARRRGGHH!!!

I'm really hoping someone can help me here. I was working on some illustrations and in Manga studio debut, i opened a window to post some work i created into my external harddrive. I mistakenly hit the "eject" symbol that unmounted my hard-drive from my computer. So i said to myself,"No biggie... i'll just shut the drive off, unplug it, wait awhile, replug it, shut it on and it'll mount again.
nope.
I shut it off, unplug it, restart the computer. plug it and turn the external harddrive power on... nothing. i wait patiently thinking it'll eventually kick in.
no kicking.
i'm a 40 year old man i'm contemplating crying now... because more than 200 gigs of important work is on my drive and i can't access it.
That and stupid Leopard can't even do the most basic commands.. like accessing my printer. Just get that dumb beachball. Even opening System preferences gives me problems. More beachball.
I'm looking for help here. Please help.
How can i shed my computer of the recent upgrade and go back to 10.5.2?
and Since nothing can be wrong with my LaCie by just unmounting it, what can i do to get it to mount? Just leave it plugged on and powered and pray that the OS recognizes it and hope it mounts?
I don't have that kind of time.
If i need to retrieve all that data onto another new external, how much will that cost me?
I know i'm asking a lot of questions, but i'm desperate here.

The problem is that it won't mount after it has been unmounted. A friend of mine who's a Mac Repairman told me that it could be a number of things...
he told me to check if any smells were coming from the drive...
nope. check.
If the fan had stopped working... nope. check.
If it's a problem being caused by the enclosure.... that i'm going to check on.
I called TekServe in Manhattan and when i get paid, i'm going to see if that's the case.
But they want 1200.00 for data retrieval in a worse case scenario... and i'm going to shop around for that one. I have a feeling that they corner the market in that area for Mac repair and they probably feel they can charge whatever they want and people will pay.
1200.00 is another computer. I'd rather do my research before shelling out that kind of dough.
I had unwittingly unmounted my first external 3 years ago .... it's a Wacom, and it mounted with no problem after literally a minute.
So i don't know why this LaCie is giving me problems.
So i'll try changing enclosures and check out reports for the companies with the best all-around reports on their externals before i buy.
It may not last forever, but i should get better than an external HD's "refusal" to mount once unmounted.
It just doesn't make sense.
Besides, i have a feeling that my computer won't register it's existence if it doesn't mount to make itself known.
Tell me if i'm off.
BUt i will consider the other programs that you guys have suggested.

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The problem is that it won't mount after it has been unmounted. A friend of mine who's a Mac Repairman told me that it could be a number of things...
he told me to check if any smells were coming from the drive...
nope. check.
If the fan had stopped working... nope. check.
If it's a problem being caused by the enclosure.... that i'm going to check on.
I called TekServe in Manhattan and when i get paid, i'm going to see if that's the case.
But they want 1200.00 for data retrieval in a worse case scenario... and i'm going to shop around for that one. I have a feeling that they corner the market in that area for Mac repair and they probably feel they can charge whatever they want and people will pay.
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So i'll try changing enclosures and check out reports for the companies with the best all-around reports on their externals before i buy.
It may not last forever, but i should get better than an external HD's "refusal" to mount once unmounted.
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BUt i will consider the other programs that you guys have suggested.

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Hi Support Crew...
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2010-01-22 14:20:52 -0800: Checking extents overflow file.
2010-01-22 14:20:52 -0800: Checking catalog file.
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2010-01-22 14:20:56 -0800: Checking catalog hierarchy.
2010-01-22 14:20:58 -0800: Checking extended attributes file.
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2010-01-22 14:21:01 -0800: Checking volume information.
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2010-01-22 14:21:01 -0800: Repair tool completed:
2010-01-22 14:21:01 -0800:
2010-01-22 14:21:01 -0800:
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Removable Media: Yes
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Product ID: 0x047c
Vendor ID: 0x059b (Iomega Corporation)
Version: 0.01
Serial Number: 000000066273
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Manufacturer: Iomega
Location ID: 0xfd300000
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Current Required (mA): 0
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Capacity: 499.97 GB (499,972,702,208 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
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J

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Hi whatstin
See the lower part of > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1317
+1. Shut down the computer.+
+2. Disconnect all devices and all other cables, except the keyboard and mouse cable(s).+
+3. Disconnect the computer from the power outlet and wait for 3 to 5 minutes.+
+4. Plug the computer back in and turn it on.+
+5. Reconnect the device(s) (one at a time if there is more than one) and test. Test with each port if you have more than one.+
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I have just experienced this issue today. I have gone through all the threads here and searched various other forums but haven't been able to come up with a solution yet. I might be missing something.
I'm running a 2011 Mac Book Pro OS 10.9.5 Maverick.
I have a 1TB My Passport for Mac that's a couple of years old now, it is used for my time machine backups. Using WD Drive Utilities, I can run a smart status scan which passes, the quick drive test Cancels.
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WD External drive won't mount

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Terminal List. disk4 is the malfunctioning drive.
Last login: Mon Feb 25 19:25:12 on ttys000
raymond-medinas-power-mac-g4-agp-graphics:~ raymondmedina$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *111.8 Gi   disk0
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         31.5 Ki    disk0s1
   2:             Apple_Driver43                         28.0 Ki    disk0s2
   3:             Apple_Driver43                         28.0 Ki    disk0s3
   4:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.0 Ki    disk0s4
   5:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.0 Ki    disk0s5
   6:             Apple_FWDriver                         256.0 Ki   disk0s6
   7:         Apple_Driver_IOKit                         256.0 Ki   disk0s7
   8:              Apple_Patches                         256.0 Ki   disk0s8
   9:                  Apple_HFS Mac Leopard II          91.8 Gi    disk0s10
10:                  Apple_HFS Mac Tiger               19.7 Gi    disk0s12
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *186.3 Gi   disk1
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         31.5 Ki    disk1s1
   2:             Apple_Driver43                         28.0 Ki    disk1s2
   3:             Apple_Driver43                         28.0 Ki    disk1s3
   4:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.0 Ki    disk1s4
   5:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.0 Ki    disk1s5
   6:             Apple_FWDriver                         256.0 Ki   disk1s6
   7:         Apple_Driver_IOKit                         256.0 Ki   disk1s7
   8:              Apple_Patches                         256.0 Ki   disk1s8
   9:                  Apple_HFS Mac Leopard I           186.2 Gi   disk1s10
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *465.8 Gi   disk2
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         31.5 Ki    disk2s1
   2:             Apple_Driver43                         28.0 Ki    disk2s2
   3:             Apple_Driver43                         28.0 Ki    disk2s3
   4:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.0 Ki    disk2s4
   5:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.0 Ki    disk2s5
   6:             Apple_FWDriver                         256.0 Ki   disk2s6
   7:         Apple_Driver_IOKit                         256.0 Ki   disk2s7
   8:              Apple_Patches                         256.0 Ki   disk2s8
   9:                  Apple_HFS 500 GB HD               465.6 Gi   disk2s10
/dev/disk3
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *931.5 Gi   disk3
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         31.5 Ki    disk3s1
   2:             Apple_Driver43                         28.0 Ki    disk3s2
   3:             Apple_Driver43                         28.0 Ki    disk3s3
   4:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.0 Ki    disk3s4
   5:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.0 Ki    disk3s5
   6:             Apple_FWDriver                         256.0 Ki   disk3s6
   7:         Apple_Driver_IOKit                         256.0 Ki   disk3s7
   8:              Apple_Patches                         256.0 Ki   disk3s8
   9:                  Apple_HFS 1 TB Music Drive II     931.4 Gi   disk3s10
/dev/disk4
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *931.5 Gi   disk4
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         31.5 Ki    disk4s1
   2:             Apple_Driver43                         28.0 Ki    disk4s2
   3:             Apple_Driver43                         28.0 Ki    disk4s3
   4:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.0 Ki    disk4s4
   5:           Apple_Driver_ATA                         28.0 Ki    disk4s5
   6:             Apple_FWDriver                         256.0 Ki   disk4s6
   7:         Apple_Driver_IOKit                         256.0 Ki   disk4s7
   8:              Apple_Patches                         256.0 Ki   disk4s8
   9:                  Apple_HFS 1TB Music Drive         931.4 Gi   disk4s10
raymond-medinas-power-mac-g4-agp-graphics:~ raymondmedina$
Terminal info on disk4s10.
Last login: Mon Feb 25 22:22:41 on ttys000
raymond-medinas-power-mac-g4-agp-graphics:~ raymondmedina$ diskutil info disk4s10
   Device Identifier:        disk4s10
   Device Node:              /dev/disk4s10
   Part Of Whole:            disk4
   Device / Media Name:      Apple_HFS_Untitled_1
   Volume Name:              1TB Music Drive
   Mount Point:
   File System:              Journaled HFS+
   Owners:                   Disabled
   Partition Type:           Apple_HFS
   Bootable:                 Is bootable
   Media Type:               Generic
   Protocol:                 FireWire
   SMART Status:             Not Supported
   Volume UUID:              61A8EAFF-E1C9-3605-AF92-5A210E3C781A
   Total Size:               931.4 Gi (1000069726208 B) (1953261184 512-byte blocks)
   Free Space:               0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)
   Read Only:                No
   Ejectable:                Yes
   Whole:                    No
   Internal:                 No
Disk Utility Info on 1TB Music Drive.
Name :
1TB Music Drive
Type :
Volume
Disk Identifier :
disk4s10
Mount Point :
Not mounted
File System :
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus :
FireWire
Device Tree :
IODeviceTree:fwx/node@90a9c5c29aa50b/sbp-2@c000
Writable :
Yes
Universal Unique Identifier :
61A8EAFF-E1C9-3605-AF92-5A210E3C781A
Capacity :
931.4 GB (1,000,069,726,208 Bytes)
Owners Enabled :
No
Can Turn Owners Off :
Yes
Can Be Formatted :
Yes
Bootable :
Yes
Supports Journaling :
Yes
Journaled :
No
Disk Number :
4
Partition Number :
10
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My external backup drive wont mount automatically as it used to with my earlier ibook. I have to re-boot computer to get it to mount. After that it functions properly until the next time I turn it on to do a backup.
I am wondering if there is something in the formatting of this drive which is causing this? I have formatted it a few times since this started to happen but obviously without fixing the problem

Further Details:
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2) Re-boot computer and turn on drive. Drive mounts.
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