Thunderbolt/Firewire adapter backwards compatible?

So I just bought a new 4TB G-Raid w/ Thunderbolt. Additionally, I bought a Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter, so I can connect my Firewire 800 equipped mac to the hard drive. IT DOESN'T WORK . I've read that they only work with a Thunderbolt equipped mac, to a female fw 800 cable. However, the deeper I've dug, I've heard that they are indeed backwards compatible (specifically with the G-tech drives), or that there can be software drivers that can make them backwards compatible. Anyone have any ideas??
Speccs: 2010 mbp 17 inch. 2.53 ghz i5. 8gb RAM.

Yes, I know that my mbp doesn't have a TB port, but I was hoping that the adapter would solve this problem, as it would change the connectivity to FW 800. I realize that is bottlenecking it, but I didn't have much choice because of the harddrive I had to buy. As for the eSata connections, I've never used that method. So I guess I wouldn't really know where to begin in considering that. However, the current drive I have now is:
http://www.macmall.com/p/G-Technology-Racks-Enclosures-And-Arrays/product~DPNo~9 222671~pdp.hfejbdi?source=mwbgoogleshop&adtype=pla&kw=%7Bkeyword%7D&gclid=CNCE47 L67rgCFU5xQgodYSoArg
Thank you for your help! If all else fails, I'm just going to have to travel a bit further to buy a 4tb drive with FW, and return the one I just bought. Hopefully that's not the case....:/

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