Time Machine Backup after Restore

I have been using Time Machine for months without a hitch. I also put some other files on the external that I am using for Time Machine. Recently I decided to sell my brother my old Macbook so I can get a new computer.
I reinstalled Leopard on the macbook, erasing everything that was there before. I did not use my time machine backups because I only need a few files for my brother. Now when I connected the 500 GB WD USB external harddrive, it sometimes shows up in Disk Utility, but does not mount and I cannot access and of the files. What can I do, ALL of my files are backed up here?

Try right clicking on it and mounting it.

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