Can I access external drive on mac mini from windows 7 pc ?

I am trying to add mac mini to homegroup network, I can view windows 7 folders from MAC MINI ok, but from windows PC i can see all shared folders on MAC MINI internal drive but not external drive.
Is this possible ?

I have done this already, win7 machine see's the folders but i can note access them, I fear this is a windows issue 

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