Trouble with my free agent drive

hi
im having some trouble with my seagate freagent drive. ive been using it for about 4-5 months now but now when i just moved and plugged it in (ethernet) it worked but then the next time i retsrated my computer it wont show up on my desktop.. i tried plugging it in through usb AND ethernet and no go. i also unplugged the power and plugged it back in. the light is on on the free agent drive but it wont show up on my desktop.. any help?
i dont know too much about external harddrives, i only have mine to put all my music on it, so i feel like this could be some stupid idiot easy problem on my side haha, but let me know, thanks!

I'm having the same problem, and out of no where.I found this old forum http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1126326 which didn't work for me, but it might for you . . .

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