WD elements 1TB SS portable USB hard drive wont let me mount with IMAC

I have put my music and important documents on my WD Elements 1TB SS hard drive from a HP windows XP laptop and i also have a WD Elements 1TB that i used for a back up, i can see them both when i go into disk utility on the iMac but it wont let me mount or open or do anything, i can see them there but can not open them, i have since preivosly tried it on a windows 7 computer and same thing happens, i can see the hard drives but can not open them, it even makes the tune when you plug it in and take it out but still no joy..... any suggestions?

See if this ia applicable in your case:
http://9to5mac.com/2011/08/03/western-digital-fixes-time-machine-incompatibiliti es-with-my-book-live-series/
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