Attach usb drive to time capsule

I have been attempting to SEE the HD attached to the USB port on the TC.  It DID work previously until I had to factory reset the TC.  Now, it doesn't show.  Any suggestions?
I've been to the Disks tab and the File Sharing box is checked.
Stumped.

Plug the usb drive into the mac.. can you read it??
Plug it back into the TC.. if it disaapears it can be due to USB drawing too much power.. TC is severely underpowered.. and even a powered disk can have issues.
It can be firmware update that happened. If the TC is now on 7.6.3, go back to 7.6.1 or even better 7.5.2
It can be format of the drive.. if it won't show in the airport utility it won't show in the computer.
Retry with a USB hub.. make sure the disk is formatted HFS+ and partitioned using GUID type.

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    Message was edited by: the deebs redacted again

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