External hard drive not openning. i have a lacie external hard drive 250 gb. my computer doesnt

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i have a lacie external hard drive 250 gb. my computer doesnt open it anymore. i have all my information on it. i used it the other day and i shut down the computer with it connected. it didnt shut down so i ripped it out (i know, i know, badly done) and it proceeded to shut down. now when i connect it, nothing prompts me that it is connected. it doesnt ask me if i want to view files on it nor does it show up in 'my computer'. dont know what to dooo