Finder- Image Dimensions from External Hard Drive

I have found many QAs regarding people needing to see file dimensions from Finder, and they fixed it by re-starting or CMD-J to select "Show Item Info." My Finder shows dimension from all folders directly on the computer; but when I plug in my external hard drive, nothing I do will show the dimensions from images and files saved in there. For instance, I freelance for a company and keep all of that work on the external- when I'm browsing the folders for the various images I've saved, I need to see the dimensions. Often times I end up dragging them into PS to see. Below are images of what I see- Device and Finder
Why would this happen on external devices? I run Mavericks 10.9.2 on a Macbook Pro.

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Thanks for your suggestion.
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