I can't find my printer or my external hard connected to my airport extreme on my mac or pc

Hello
My problem is i have connected my printer and external hard drive to my airport extreme that i just bought. Next i have installed all the nessesary software, created new newtwork, and now when i go to airport utility, then i click on my airport extreme, and under disks i see my external hard drive, but when i clcik on arrow next to it nothing appears. Also i cant find my external hard drive in explorer. With my printer i dont see it completly in airport utility.
Thank you for all help

Ok i connected HDD to airport extreme usb port( no hub). I went to airport utility and it recognises HDD under disks, and sharing is turned on. But the problem is i cant find it anywhere else on my computer, even when i search in explorer
I am assuming the the Mac is not having similar problems locating this HDD in the Finder ... correct? If it is only the PC, which version of Windows is it running?

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