Hard drive doesnt show up on my computer but does on others

I have a Seagate Free Agent goflex 1.5tb Harddrive. It worked perfect for most the summer (I got it early summer). All of a sudden it stopped being read correctly. It will show up and the computer reconizes it and that it's connected. If I open the info for the Drive, it recognizes that it has stuff on it and the available capacity is correct, but none of the files are actually shown. Weirdest part is that If i plug it into other computers it reads fine and I can access all the files perfectly. As well as my other hard drives all read fine on my computer no problem but they all are different brands. So i'm wondering if there is some setting somewhere that makes the files hidden files? Any help would be appreciated. My life relies on my hard drives and so does my business.
Thanks you to anyone who can help!

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