Can't read external HD connected directly to computer but reads fine when connected to the USB on my airport extreme.

I bought an external G-Technology 8TB HD to hook up to the back of my AirPort Extreme to use as wireless external storage and to back up my family's Macs. In the beginning I could unplug the HD and plug it directly into my computer and it worked just fine. Now, when I plug it into any computer, the HD won't mount automatically and the light on the HD just blinks rapidly.
When I go into Disk Utility it see's the HD but does not read anything and simply says it is empty. I verify the HD and it says to repair. When I repair the HD it says that I must backup HD and reformat disk. So, I unplug and plug into the back of my router and it works just fine.
Is there a way I can make my computer read the HD without reformatting because I do not want my fancy HD connected to my routers USB 2.0 port anymore? Is this a glitch in OSX mavericks?

I believe this Airport update, released in the spring (2008) did enable AirDisk usage with Airport Extreme wireless devices:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/timemachineandairportupdatesv10.html
MacWorld: Update allows Time Machine backups on AirPort Extreme
http://www.macworld.com/article/132613/2008/03/airporttime.html
Unfortunately, it is Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) only, and I see form your stats that you are still on Tiger (10.4).
It will be interesting if Tadd's tip works though. Let us know.
Cheers!

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