Will not recognize lacie backup disk

I connected Lacie Backup Disk and used Time Machine to select the disk. But then a warning popped up telling me to eject the disk properly next time before disconnecting it, even though I never disconnected the device. Now time machine does not even recognize it.

The problem is compounded by: green drives, TimeMachine, LaCie. Bad combinations.
Also some people try using different interfaces. Would be nice to have USB3 instead of USB2, try FW400/800 or even eSATA if you had Mac Pro with either ODD ports available (2006-7) or controller.
My vote for backup cases start with OWC
http://www.macsales.com/firewire
There are some easy inexpensive USB/eSATA cases that also work great if you know what to look for on Amazon or Newegg.

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I would appeciate any help.
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This was helpful, but was ridiculously complicated. Since this seems to happen to people periodically, it would be good to have a less complicated way to re-connect to the sparsebundle on a network volume.
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I recently had my computer wiped clean by Apple genius bar. After updating the ISO X 10.8 software to 10.8.3, I attempted to restore files from my Time Machine backup to the computer. Unfortunately, the migration assistant would not lock onto the Time Machine disk, as if it were not there. What can I do to restore my original files back into the repaired computer?
My imac was purchased new in December of 2008 and the back up disc was connected to it in Aug 2009. I think the original operating system was pre Snow Leopard - the only CD I have and dated 2010.

I am conserned about restoring using setup assistant because I need to transfer personal files and applications only.
You can do that in Setup Assistant.
Migration Assistant doesn't accept Time Machine backups of the computer it's running on; it only accepts compatible backups of other computers. You can't migrate a system to itself. To restore files from the same computer, enter Time Machine in the usual way, or else boot into Recovery and either restore the whole startup volume or erase, reinstall OS X, and restore in Setup Assistant.

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The system: TouchSmart tx2-1275dx system running Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit). Unit is two years old.
The problem: I am doing a complete restore after complete HDD failure. I have used the HP recovery disks, purchased online for $16.50 , to reinstall the operating system; it is now back to its as-purchased state and functioning okay. When I open up the Backup/Restore application and attempt to restore from the backup files on my DVD drive, the system does not recognize those files. I have tried making a small backup of the restored system thinking that would enable the backup process. The system will recognize the small backup but not pre-failure backup.  Thinking that the problem was the disks, I tried them on my desktop machine. Though it runs XP Home, it quickly recognized the backup-disks and successfully restored the files in a temporary profile without issue.
The question: What can I do to restore the backup files (*.vhd) I made prior to this failure.  I did monthly backups specifically to avoid this kind of data loss. There has to be some way of getting the system to recognize them.
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If you are using the built in Vista backup, here is what I think has happened.
Vista backup uses an image based backup, it stores an image of the hard drive and the files you selected for backup, it also stores a disk signature in the image, it contains partition data and other parameters, since you replaced the disk and most likely is not the same size, Vista backup will not recognize that backup as legitimate, signature mismatch of sorts.
What you can do:
1. If you have acess to a W7 PC you can use disk management in W7 to mount the vhd image and the copy all your data out of the image to flat files.
2. You can do this in Vista but takes some software to be installed
http://www.pronetworks.org/forums/how-to-mount-completepc-backup-vhd-file-t84349.html
Conclusion, you most likely can get your data but you will have to decide where it goes.
I don't guarantee this is the issue, but is most likely.
One other thing you can try is to copy the contents of the DVD to your hard drive, then point to the directory.
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Easeus Todo Backup Free v2.5
http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/

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My ipod classic turns on with apple logo then shuts off about 30 seconds later, when plugged in my windows and itunes will not recognize it.

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