External HDD Cannot be Read

Ok. So the Install of Leopard went great, smooth as silk.
However, I went to plug in my new 750GB external HDD, and Leopard says it cannot read it. So I go to the Disk Utility, but I cannot Repair, Verify, or Erase the disk.
I get the following error every time I attempt one of those actions:
*Error: Filesystem verify or repair failed.*
So what is the problem? How can I fix it? (All I want to do is use Time Machine...is that so much to ask?!)
Thanks!

Figured it out. I simply recreated the Partition on the HDD and everything is wonderful now. I don't know why I didn't think of that earlier.

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As the tile says, I've recently bought a MBAir 2013 13". When I installed and updated iPhoto, I wanted to use my library, stored on an external hdd, which I used until the day before on my old MBPro 2010 13", without any problems. Now iPhoto says that this library cannot be opened by my iPhoto but it has to be opened with an updated iPhoto... but I had iPhoto 9.4.3 on my MBPro and I have iPhoto 9.4.3 on my MBAir! What can I do? Thanks a lot (sorry for my english, I'm Italian)

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HTTP handler for starting an external service cannot be read

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hi Guys,
I have got the same issue. This blog helped me with tcode WF_HANDCUST. I have generated the url
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PCR workflow - HTTP handler for starting an external service cannot be read

Hi,
We are implementing PCR Approval using adobe forms. Currently when we try to open the adobe form for Approval from the UWL we get the error(it actually displays with an information message symbol) "HTTP handler for starting an external service cannot be read" in an ITS screen. We found an exactly similar problem in the below link but unable to find a resolution from that.
HTTP handler for starting an external service cannot be read
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HTTP handler for starting an external service cannot be read
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Thanks for that reply.
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Test successful

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