My external drive is not showing on my desktop

My external drive is not showing on my finder and it is turned on and connected by firewire. Is there an alternate way to force my G5 to see the external drive?
Laura

Check the settings in the General and Sidebar tabs of the Finder's preferences. If those are set properly, open the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and try mounting and/or repairing the drive.
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