Volume Erase Failed on Lacie Hard drives

I have a Lacie Hard Drive, use it and formatted on MS-DOS FAT 32. Now I want to reformat the Hard Drive so it can recognize Mac OS 10.5. When I format to Mac OS Extended Journaled start erase and then it gives me this message " Volume Erase Failed"
Volume erase failed with the Error.
The underlying task report failure on exit.
What does it mean and how can I restore to original state? Any advice or hints will be helpful.
Thank
Luis

Have a look at the same topic discussed here.
The underlying task reported failure on exit
Cornelius' advise about performing the Apple Hardware Test concerns an internal drive, not relevant in your case.

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