Parallels won't recognize mounted USB 1 TB drive (FAT32)

I guess the title says it all. Running Leopard 10.5.2. Using the latest Parallels 3.0 v5584 with XP SP2 and all system updates. My Western Digital USB 1 TB drive is mounted and working like a charm in Leopard. I start up parallels and it won't load up in "My Computer" for some reason. I hate having to drag files from Leopard to Parallels just to access them. Any ideas ??

You might want to post your question in one of the the Windows sections of these forums as that is where the people who use it are more likely to hang out.
Have you contacted parallels support? It may be an issue with their software also.
Sorry that I can't help but I use Boot Camp on my shared Mac and don't use an external drive.

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