Second HDD disappeared

For some reason my secondary HDD disappeared. It has been working fine for the last year. I am using windows 7 Pro. I found these troubleshooting steps in another thread.
1. Ensure that USB cable is properly seated at both ends - disconnect and connect again firmly
2. Ensure external HDD is getting external power (if there's provision for external power)
3. Is your External HDD showing in BIOS
4. Does it show in Disk Management (Right Click on Computer >> Manage >> Disk Management)
5. If HDD shows in Disk Management, is it assigned a drive letter (like E: or F: ) - if not, you need to assign a letter and restart your computer and it should be visible

I have done all of that but in the disk management it does not see the HDD.