Time Machine HD no longer recognized

The hard drive I've been using for Time Machine is no longer being recognized by the OS or Time Machine. I've tested the drive, and it 100% works. I've also tested the USB ports and they work too! I tried plugging it into another Mac and it also ignores the drive. I feel like Time Machine messed up something and now the drive is being ignored. The drive sometimes shows up in the disk utility but never with the drive name so I can't verify the disk or anything.

what do you mean the drive 100% works? if it doesn't show up in disk utility and doesn't mount that is clearly not the case. if you can't repair the drive and it doesn't mount you have to reformat it. this will wipe the drive of course.

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