External Hardrive shows up in Utility but not on desktop

Hi folks. External hard-drive that used to show up fine (and was formatted for Mac prior to original use) does not show up on desktop or utility on my laptop. However, when I try it on a different computer it does show up on Utility but not on desktop. I ran "verify disk" in utility and it says it "appears to be ok." The firewire ports on the aforementioned computers, as well as firewire cable work fine with other devices. Finder is set to show external drives. Advice? Thank you.

By "utility" I assume you mean Apple's Disk Utility. If so, what is its version number & modified date shown on the affected Mac in Finder's "Get Info" box?
Are both computers (I assume they are both Macs) running the same version of Disk Utility & of the Mac OS? On the computer that recognizes the drive, what does Disk Utility say is the *partition scheme* of the drive? (This will only be shown if you select the drive & not the volume name indented under it in the device list on the left.)

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My external HD will show in Disk Utility but not in Finder

Here is the External hard drive info.
Type :           Partition
          Disk Identifier :           disk1s2
          Mount Point :           Not mounted
          File System :           Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
          Connection Bus :           USB
          Device Tree :           IODeviceTree:/PCI0/EHC2@1A,7
          Writable :           Yes
          Universal Unique Identifier :           A15B5F63-3A83-30E2-B2D2-7EF07CF136BE
          Capacity :           999.86 GB (999,860,912,128 Bytes)
          Owners Enabled :           No
          Can Turn Owners Off :           Yes
          Can Be Formatted :           Yes
          Bootable :           Yes
          Supports Journaling :           Yes
          Journaled :           No
          Disk Number :           1
          Partition Number :           2
It will show up in Disk Utility but not show up in finder. Ive tried mounting it, verifing it, repairing it. Nothing is working. I dont know what else to do! Please somebody help! I was in the process of backing this up when this happend

Also, here is the log of my disk utility with my external. Im not sure if that will help at all
===== Tuesday, September 3, 2013 11:18:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time =====
2013-09-03 11:18:24 -0700: Verifying partition map for “Seagate Backup+ RD Media”
2013-09-03 11:18:24 -0700: Starting verification tool:
2013-09-03 11:18:24 -0700: Checking prerequisites
2013-09-03 11:18:27 -0700: Checking the partition list
2013-09-03 11:18:27 -0700: Checking for an EFI system partition
2013-09-03 11:18:27 -0700: Checking the EFI system partition’s size
2013-09-03 11:18:27 -0700: Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
2013-09-03 11:18:27 -0700: Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
2013-09-03 11:18:27 -0700: Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
2013-09-03 11:18:27 -0700: The partition map appears to be OK
2013-09-03 11:18:27 -0700:
2013-09-03 11:18:27 -0700:
2013-09-03 11:18:43 -0700: Verifying and repairing partition map for “Seagate Backup+ RD Media”
2013-09-03 11:18:43 -0700: Starting repair tool:
2013-09-03 11:18:43 -0700: Checking prerequisites
2013-09-03 11:18:43 -0700: Checking the partition list
2013-09-03 11:18:43 -0700: Adjusting partition map to fit whole disk as required
2013-09-03 11:18:43 -0700: Checking for an EFI system partition
2013-09-03 11:18:43 -0700: Checking the EFI system partition’s size
2013-09-03 11:18:43 -0700: Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
2013-09-03 11:18:44 -0700: Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
2013-09-03 11:18:44 -0700: Reviewing boot support loaders
2013-09-03 11:18:44 -0700: Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
2013-09-03 11:18:44 -0700: Updating Windows boot.ini files as required
2013-09-03 11:18:44 -0700: The partition map appears to be OK
2013-09-03 11:18:44 -0700:
2013-09-03 11:18:44 -0700:
2013-09-03 11:18:46 -0700: Verifying volume “Steven Polanco Mac”
2013-09-03 11:18:46 -0700: Starting verification tool:
2013-09-03 11:18:46 -0700: Checking file system2013-09-03 11:18:55 -0700: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2013-09-03 11:18:55 -0700: Checking extents overflow file.
2013-09-03 11:18:56 -0700: Checking catalog file.
2013-09-03 11:19:10 -0700: Checking multi-linked files.
2013-09-03 11:19:10 -0700: Checking catalog hierarchy.
2013-09-03 11:19:22 -0700: Checking extended attributes file.
2013-09-03 11:19:34 -0700: Checking volume bitmap.
2013-09-03 11:19:35 -0700: Checking volume information.
2013-09-03 11:19:35 -0700: The volume Steven Polanco Mac appears to be OK.
2013-09-03 11:19:35 -0700: Repair tool completed:
2013-09-03 11:19:35 -0700:
2013-09-03 11:19:35 -0700:
2013-09-03 11:19:39 -0700: Verify and Repair volume “Steven Polanco Mac”
2013-09-03 11:19:39 -0700: Starting repair tool:
2013-09-03 11:19:39 -0700: Checking file system2013-09-03 11:19:39 -0700: Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
2013-09-03 11:19:39 -0700: Checking extents overflow file.
2013-09-03 11:19:40 -0700: Checking catalog file.
2013-09-03 11:19:54 -0700: Checking multi-linked files.
2013-09-03 11:19:54 -0700: Checking catalog hierarchy.
2013-09-03 11:20:06 -0700: Checking extended attributes file.
2013-09-03 11:20:18 -0700: Checking volume bitmap.
2013-09-03 11:20:19 -0700: Checking volume information.
2013-09-03 11:20:19 -0700: The volume Steven Polanco Mac appears to be OK.
2013-09-03 11:20:19 -0700: Volume repair complete.2013-09-03 11:20:19 -0700: Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.2013-09-03 11:20:29 -0700: Repair tool completed:
2013-09-03 11:20:29 -0700:
2013-09-03 11:20:29 -0700:

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Yesterday, I moved my shelf where I have my modem, Airport Extreme, Airport Express and an external HD connected to the extreme to be a wireless HD for all users to access. Everything worked great - no problems whatsoever.
Problem: I have reconnected everything exactly as it was and reconfigured it as it was and now the external HD is having issues. When connected to the extreme, I can see it in the airport utility, but cannot gain access to it in that way. When I connect directly to my macbook, it is recognized by the disk utility, but does not appear on the desktop.
I don't know if this may have caused the problem, but I carelessly, unplugged the power bar for which all the above mentioned hardware plugs into when moving the shelf. Now, everything works as it did, except I can't get the express to show up once it is configured (but this isn't surprising as I had to fight with it the first time I configured it - not uncommon I am told), and the HD is no longer accessible via the network, or when directly connected to my macbook.
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PS--Forgot to aske: when you said "shows in Disk Utility" I'm assuming it is shown not just as existing, but as being mounted.
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