Can't set up and share a hard drive

I ' ve just purchased a new Airport extreme, I've set up the network ok, I pluged an external drive to  the airport extreme, when to Airport utility disks, enable file sharing, secure  sharing disks: with accounts and I don't know what to do next?
Please advise.
Many thanks
Mehdi

Hopefully, the hard drive was formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Open the Finder or Macintosh HD and look for the AirPort Extreme icon under the SHARED heading on the left. Click on the AirPort Extreme icon and folder representing your hard drive will appear to the right. Double click the folder to mount the drive on the desktop.
You may need to enter the account information for each user the first time that you connect using Connect As in the upper right hand corner of the window in the center of the screen.
If you do not see the AirPort Extreme icon, the USB port on the AirPort Extreme may not be supplying enough power for the drive....even if the drive has its own power supply. Try a powered USB hub to supply more power to the hard drive.

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