Tried to move sparsebundle TM backup to External HD, now HD will not mount

Long story short, I have a Macbook Pro 15" i7. I was making backups to an apple time capsule via time machine. My internal HD crashed (making clicking noises, not booting), got it replaced by apple, thinking my backup would work. Sparsebundle file is not recognized by migration assistant and will not mount via Disk Image Mounter or Disc Utility. I attempted to move the sparsebundle file to an external drive (Avastor HDX-800 1.5 TB) via FW800. It was not making any progress so I stopped the copy, deleted the sparsebundle from my Avastor Drive and unmounted it.
Now my Avastor Drive will not mount at all. Disc sounds fine and has barley moved since the incident. The drive was backed up last week but there are some essential files I made within this week that are very important.
What can/should I do?

bglawe wrote:
Hey! Thanks so much for responding so quickly.
I am currently archiving my disc on the TC to an external USB drive so hopefully I should be able to repair that disc and get my sparsebundle to work.
You're doing that via +Airport Utility?+
My main problem is however that the FW drive that I briefly attempted to copy the sparsebundle to will not mount at all. Like when I plug the drive in, nothing happens. The Avastor FW drive has FW800 FW400 and USB 2.0 connections and none of them work. The drive sounds like it is undamaged (no looped processes or clicking). Is there anything I can do to get that drive to mount (so i can see it in finder/disc utility)? Even if its with disc warriors?
I'm sure you've done some or all of this; the standard way to try to mount a balky disk is:
Disconnect and power it off for several minutes.
Check that all connections are snug and secure.
Restart your Mac, then connect the drive.
If that doesn't work, try again with different ports, cables, and combinations (a plug that works fine in one port may not make good contact in another one.
If it has it's own power supply, check those connections, too. Try a different outlet. See if you can hear it running, or feel the vibrations.
Try it on another computer.
But from your description, it doesn't sound good for the drive.

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