Problems 10.5 & External FW Drive

Just upgraded to 10.5 and my external firewire drive is not being recognized I have to turn Drive off then on for it to pop up on my desktop. I depend on my external to access my media iPhoto &iTunes
Apple please Help

This is a user to user forum. Since you can connect the drive, I suggest backing up its data to a more reliable drive such as those by http://www.macsales.com/ or http://www.cooldrives.com/
See my FAQ* as to why Firewire drives have various difficulties with operating system updates:
http://www.macmaps.com/firewirebug2.html
Maybe your drive manufacturer has a firmware update. If it doesn't, switching data over to a drive that doesn't require one is a better idea.
Always keep at least two copies of your data at all times by backing up your data*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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