"Disks" option does not appear in setting dropdown.

Hi All,
I've plugged a formatted (bootable) external hard drive into an Airport Express 802.11g router, however cannot access it from my machine (macbook with os x 10.5.2). In the Airport Utility, the "Disks" and "Music" options in the "Settings" dropdown menu are greyed out and cannot be selected while the other options are available; I can print over the network just fine. I've rebooted the HD, my machine and the AE a number of times to no avail.
This might be a trivial problem, but other people seem to have had the same issue but every time I've seen this question asked there are no responses. Hopefully someone out there will have a hint I can use!
Cheers,
Aaron

aaronmn, Welcome to the discussion area!
The USB port on the round 802.11b/g AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) does NOT support USB hard drives. It ONLY supports a single compatible USB printer.

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