Power Mac G4 and external FireWire Harddrive

I can't connect my external harddrive anymore to the PowerMac G4 nor to the PowerBook G4. The harddrive-volumes are not shown in the Finder nor on the desktop.
Can anyone help?
iMac 2,16 GHz, 2GB, 500GB; PowerBook G4 12''; PowerMac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi!
Does the drive appear in the System Profiler? If not, you might try removing the drive from the enclosure and check if the Mac "sees" the device when mounted internally.
You might boot to your OS 9 install disk and try using Drive Setup to erase/initialize/zero the drive, too.
I suspect that DiskWarrior might not be able to see the drive either. You may be able to connect it to a PC, which won't recognize the Mac format and may give you the opportunity to initialize the drive. If this is the case, initialize it in PC format, then connect it to the G4, which should enable you to re-initialize it using Mac OS Extended. If this is successful, then use the Erase option to write zeros to the drive and you should have a clean drive again.
Gary

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