WHY DOESN'T MY HARD DRIVE SHOW? - AIRPORT EXTREME N WITH XP SP2

I have configured my Airport Extreme Base Station and also have it working with Airport Express, so that the base station now appears in iTunes (that only took 2 hours!). In the Airport Admin Utility my external hard disk also shows as connected, but my computer isn't recognizing it. Can someone tell me what I need to do for the external drive to be recognized so I can have the main functionality this device claims - connecting an external hard drive to the network! Thank you.

Did you install the Bonjour for Windows included on AirPort Extreme CD?

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The USB port your Mac is high powered. The port on the AirPort Extreme is not.
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OK, I feel silly on this one.
After looking for issues with the airport and not finding any and needing a file from my backup drive, I had to connect it up to my PC. That's when I found my solution.
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Hello,
I recently bought an airport extreme that I wanted to combine with an external hard drive in order to do wireless time machine backups. I hooked this up and the hard drive shows up in the devices menu.
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It is important to understand that Apple does not support Time Machine backups to a drive at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme. So, that may be an issue here.
Despite this, users try it anyway. Some appear to be successful for a time, some partially successful, some can't get it to work at all.
Even if it does appear to work initially, corruption issues may occur down the line without warning. Having tried this myself as a test a few times, I can attest to that.
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I have setup and been using a Apple wireless network in my home for several years - Airport Extreme 2.4 Ghz/5Ghz ver. 7.6.1 - (newest model), Airport Express. It is working fine. I am describing how I mounted a USB hard drive to the Airport extreme USB Port:
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Now, I wonder if I can do my backups through time machine?
Although Apple says that you cannot do this, other users have been able to do this with varying results.
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I have unplugged and restarted the Airport, hard drive, and IMac numerous times. I have reset the Airport back to original settings and created a new network. Not sure what to do next.

The drive was hooked in the exact same way 2 days ago at my old address and worked perfectly.
"The drive must be formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) to work at the USB port of the AirPort Extreme, so that would be the first thing to check."
How do I do this?
"Next, the power at the USB port is borderline as far as its ability to supply adequate power to a hard drive....even if the hard drive has its own power supply.....so a number of users find that they need to use a powered USB hub."
I will look in to finding a powered USB hub but I don't understand why it would work 2 days ago and not today...
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Correct, I used to find Airport there under Shared where I could click on Airport to access the hard drive. I don't see Airport at all.
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I have configured my Airport Extreme Base Station and also have it working with Airport Express, so that the base station now appears in iTunes (that only took 2 hours!). In the Airport Admin Utility my external hard disk also shows as connected, but my computer isn't recognizing it. Can someone tell me what I need to do for the external drive to be recognized so I can have the main functionality this device claims - connecting an external hard drive to the network! Thank you.

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I installed Airport Extreme with no problems. Airport utility program shows everything is ok, and shows my printer (Canon LBP5100) and my two external hard drives which are connected to Airport via USB-hub.
My airport extreme is connected to ADSL-router and is providing another WLAN in my house. The internet connection works fine, but I couldn't print nor use my hard drives. I installed the printer using the bonjour guided printer installation tool.
I haven't heard that my printer would not be compatible with airport extreme so was my airport purchase totally unnecessary or what tricks should I use to make the printer and the external hard drives be available?
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Finland

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Thank you for your reply. No help though.
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