I can not find my seagate hard drive that contain my time machine back ups  how do i do that?

my airport extreme can not locate my seagate hard drive with all my back ups how do i fix this i need to restore some settings?

As Bob says, that's problematical. 
If you were backing-up to that drive while it was directly-connected to your Mac, and now want to move it to your Airport, there's an extra problem.  See the blue box in #E2 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
If you had previously been backing-up to the drive over your network, the backups may be corrupted (that happens rather often, and is the reason it's not recommended).  If so, you may be able to repair them, per #A5 in the same article.
Or, you may need to reset the Airport.  See Resetting an AirPort Base Station or Time Capsule FAQ.

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