Can't see external exFAT hard drive in finder - but can see it under disk utility

I have tried it all.
Running Mac Air OS X Lion 10.7.3 - connected to wifi network via 3TB Time Capsule. Just bought an external HDD for moving around. Formatted as exFAT and loaded files from a friends Windows 7 PC. Tried to plug into TC but couldn't see it neither in Finder nor Time Machine. Then plugged it directly into Mac Air, still not visible under Finder. Tried the following without much success either:
- Used the Verify & Repair functions in Disc Utility: No errors found
- Tried to Mount in Disc Utility: Refused (advised to run First Aid) - Ran first aid twice and still can't mount
- Used various apple scripts to unhide it: still not visible
- Went to Finder - Go - Computer: Still not visible
I'm now creating an image of the disc with the hope that I can mount the disc and acccess the files in it. Should this not work (and I have a strange feeling that it wont), what can I do (without the need to format the drive?)
Thanks
Spinellixx
Mac Air 13" 128 GB, Time Capsule 3TB, Ipod Touch 32GB, Ipad 2 3GWifi 16GB, Airport Express, Apple TV 2

Gesux wrote:
I can see it and access the files only using ... "Path Finder"
been there
try this:
use [_*Path Finder*_|http://www.cocoatech.com> (30 days trial period) to mount the drive and +get info+.
find the entry for *alias bit*. if the box is checked, uncheck it
that should do it.
JGG

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