Can't access usb

Before migrating from Mandriva 2006 to Debian 3.1 r2 I copied everything on /home/robin to an external hard drive which connects to my PC through a usb port. I had planned to copy it back to my hdd after the Debian install was complete. I now have Debian installed but it doesn't recognize my

Can't access usb port

Before migrating from Mandriva 2006 to Debian 3.1 r2 I copied everything on /home/robin to an external hard drive which connects to my PC through a usb port. I had planned to copy it back to my hdd after the Debian install was complete. I now have Debian installed but it doesn't recognize my