How to play movies from Accer DD Hard Drive

I've had my computer for less then 2 weeks and i haven't been able to install all of the major apps in order for certain things to run on my computer. How do i play movies from my external hard drive. I keep having a pop up on saying "QuickTime Player can't open "Bad Grandpa.avi". To see if additional software is available that will enable QuickTime Player to open the movie, click Tell Me More." I have installed QuickPlayer 7 but i am still recieving that pop up message. I have an Accer DD Hard drive. 

AVI, a windows formatted move. can't be played by QT. Toe AVI's on your mac see:
http://www.iskysoft.com/topic-snow-leopard/how-to-play-avi-with-quicktime-on-mac .html

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