Firewire Drive Detected But Not Showing Up...

I have a Lacie Fireiwire drive that is detected by XP, it's recognized in the bottom right menu under the "Remove Hardware Safely" thing. But I can't access the files through Explorer, the drive just doesn't show up under my computer. I've tried with Firewire 400 & 800. Any suggestions?

I have the same problem. Running MacBook pro from mid 2007 with windows 7 64-bit. Everything runs perfectly except my external hard drives aren't seen. They work in snow leopard. And I can also acces the mac drive from windows 7 fine. Anyone else having this issue?

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Have you checked the PRAM Battery, they can cause strange things & last 4+5 years...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/BAA36VPRAM/
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