Maxtor OneTouch II USB Drive

Hey!
I have a Maxtor USB External hard drive, which i would like to use with my mac. i plugged in the external power it requires, and plugged it into my mac. nothing happened, except the drive "whirred". I went to the maxtor (now seagate) website, and followed the troubleshooter. In the end, it took me to System profiler, which tells me it's there. The disk utility is empty. it only shows my mac hd. what do i do? i'm really confused, and the troubleshoot takes me round in circles.
Thanks to all who can help!
James
PS. I am using the drive as suggested by First Magnus (http://discussions.apple.com/profile.jspa?userID=718241) in this post :http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1231584&tstart=0

With the above instructions followed and failing and the troubleshooting suggestions not resolving the issue, then it must be:
*A bad usb connection to your MacBook* - you can test this with another device or using the other port with that drive and see what happens. Also, you might try a different usb cable to eliminate that possibility as well. (This is explained and handled in the first link that I posted for [troubleshooting|http://www.seagate.com:80/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=Ext ernalDrive_Troubleshooter_-_Mac_OS_Detection_Issue_-_My_drive_is_not_seen_on_thedesktop&vgnextoid=4ee24a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD]).
or
*A bad hard drive* - meaning it is defective and needs to be replaced by the manufacturer. Here is the UK link for warranty issues: [Link|http://www.seagate.com:80/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-GB&name=WarrantySupport_and_ReturnsAssistance&vgnextoid=b0a80aa2e828e010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD]
Hope this helps and good luck

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