Virtual Machine not detecting external HD?

[SidZer0]

So I successfully installed VMware Fusion 5 (Windows 7) on my 13' iMac. Everything works perfectly but the VM is not detecting my 1TB external HD. I'd like to download/store files to the external HD (when I'm using Windows) as opposed to the Bootcamp drive but I cannot access it. Any advice to get the VM to detect the HD?

Help!

Thanx.

 

[SidZer0]

Anyone?

 

[miclar1]

I'm running Windows XP SP3 in VMW 5.0.3 but what I do should also work for you. If I need to transfer files to/from my external HD while in XP, I run VMW in a smaller window, then click my Mac desktop to access my external HD. I can then drag & drop files either way.
If you really need to see your external HD from within Windows, there is a PC soft called MacDrive that permits that but its not necessary with VMW.