My External HDD has disappeared and won't mount

Hi Folks, I wonder if anyone can help me.
I have an Iomega external HD that Super duper backs up to, however I have had failed backup attempts and now it won't appear on the desktop. Before this happened I had to force eject it, so that I could reboot and plug back in to USB 2 to see if I could make the backup work but what has happened now is that it will not appear on my desktop, or in Finder. It has caused my iMac to keep re-starting, so I have disconnected it now.
This is the report that I got as to why it has caused the iMac to keep re-starting but I am unsure of what it means. I wonder if anyone could enlighten me. Do you think this HDD has gone bad??

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