Airport Extreme and USB Hard Disk

I did the following
1. Plugged the Maxtor Basics 3200 into my MacbookPro USB port
2. Formatted it FAT32
3. Unplugged it.
4. Plugged it into AEBS USB port, put around 50g of files on it.
Now, from my MacbookPro I can see the drive, but not the files.
If I plug back into the MacbookPro USB I can see everything.
Any ideas???
I tried with firmware 7.1 and 7.11, no difference

You might make sure that you eject the disk from your MacBook before putting in back in your Airport Extreme.
I had three issues specifically because of not dismounting:
Couldn't write below the root directory if I didn't dismount
Couldn't connect to the drive if the network name changed
Passwords were not accepted when I attempted to remount the drive
I'm using a Maxtor 500GB Personal Storage 3200.
Good luck!
Chris
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