Mapping a ext. hdd on mac to a windows 8 pc

I have an external hdd connected to my mac-mini.  It is initialized in MS-DOS (FAT32), as I want it to be mapped to my windows 8 machine. What do I need to do on the mac-mini to make this ext. hdd visible to be mapped (I know that is a windows term, not sure what the mac term is), to my windows 8 computer.  I am a windows user historically, but moving to the mac side.

Open the Sharing pane of System Preferences, turn on File Sharing, and connect to it from the Windows machine.
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