firewire harddrive not rresponding

[MacH4X0r]

I accidentally unplugged my harddrive yesterday and got the improper device removal error, now when I plug it in I can't display it and disk utility wont let me repair it. What can I do?

 

[pulsewidth947]

Does it make any noises when you plug it in (click-click-click of death?), does it spin up?

So drive utility recognises it, but wont mount it or repair it?

Is it under warranty?

 

[yellow]

You can try DiskWarrior or Tech Tool Pro to repair it, and hope for the best.

IMO, usually when this happens you're screwed and end up having to completely reformat the drive.

 

[Yebot]

When I lost all my data on a Firewire drive, Data Rescue X was the only product that allowed me to recover my files.

TechTool meh
DiskWarrior no
Norton what?

I was forced to reformat the drive and put it in a new enclosure, but at least I got all my files back.

Anyone who uses an external firewire drive should make absolutely certain that they are not susceptible to this problem:
http://www.macintouch.com/panfirewire.html


Data Rescue X from ProSoft
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php

^ A lovely product. w00t!