G3 doesn't recognize drive

I have an external drive that I used on my G3 but switched it over to my mini when I bought it. I've moved the drive back to the G3 but it doesn't show up on the desktop. System Profiler shows it exists, though. Is there any way I can get it to appear on my G3?

Discovering the partition scheme
You can easily find out what partition scheme a disk has using Disk Utility.
Open Disk Utility:
If you're started from a Mac OS X installation disc, choose Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. If you're started from your computer's Mac OS X volume, open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder. You can get there by choosing Utilities from the Finder's Go menu. Select the hard disk (not the volume) in the left side of the Disk Utility window. The disk usually contains the name of the drive vendor, not "Macintosh HD" or a name you chose.
Tip: In Disk Utility, volume names are indented on the left side of the window. Disk names are not indented.
From the Disk Utility File menu, choose Get Info.
Look for the "Partition Type:" line.
A PowerPC-based Mac can only install Mac OS X on a disk with the "Applepartitionscheme."
An Intel-based Mac can only install Mac OS X on a disk with the "GUIDpartitionscheme."
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