How do I mount a Firewire Drive?

I just purchased a Western Digital My Book Firewire Hard Drive to act as a back-up for my G5 iMac. The drive mounts automatically when I start the computer. If I need to unmount the drive for some reason, how do I remount it on my desktop without restarting the computer?
Thanks.
David

In the Finder's Sidebar, you will see a little arrow in a circle next to the mounted hard drive. Just click that arrow. Alternatively, you can right-click on the drive on the desktop and select Eject from the contextual menu.
If you don't have a two-button mouse, use control+click instead of right-click.

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