Mac OS 10.4.10 USB Ext Drive

Hi,
I have a problem with my external USB drive since I have updatet my Mac OS from 10.4.9 to 10.4.10.
My Mac doesn't find the drive anymore. The only way to get the files from my USB drive is over Parallels/Windows. But this way ist very circumstantially.
Can you help me, please?

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Try applying the 10.4.10 1.1 combo update with nothing attached to the computer, and repairing permissions with Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility. If that doesn't work, your hard drive if it is Western Digital will need to have the following file removed:
Macintosh HD -> Library -> Launch Daemons ->
com.WD.WDDriveServices.plist
If that doesn't work after a restart to attach the hard drive, and zapping the PRAM doesn't work, then your drive probably needs a firmware update to work with 10.4.10. Apple has been upgrading its operating system to follow the latest specs for USB and Firewire. Unfortunately when others don't catch up with those specs, these things can happen.

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