WRT600N USB STORAGE ISSUE

My WRT600N now has my maxtor 750gig HDD attached. The web page shows its there. Yet I cant access it. How do I set this up? Thanks

Firstly check that on which files system it is formatted ....
Also check that are you able to copy somthing on the harddrive ....

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