Hard Disk Icon has disappeared! HELP!

Have only switched to a mac since about a year ago. Today, while I was working with so many windows opened, when my desktop finally resurfaced... I realized that my Hard Disk icon on the top right side of my screen DISAPPEARED! Gone, kaput, no where to be found! Can someone please help me? I want it back! Thanks so much!

Try this, in Finder click on Preferences. The First Tab is General and be sure there is a Check mark by Hard Disks under Show items on Desktop. Hope that is it. If not let us know and also which version of OSX are you running?

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Hard Disk Checked!

dtravis7 said:

Try this, in Finder click on Preferences. The First Tab is General and be sure there is a Check mark by Hard Disks under Show items on Desktop. Hope that is it. If not let us know and also which version of OSX are you running?

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Thanks for this.. dtravis... but I did check the Preferences, but the Hard Disk IS checked. But it's still hiding somewhere!??!!

BTW, I use Leopard.

Try rebooting next.

bobtomay said:

Try rebooting next.

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thanks bob. did reboot. twice. still none! you think it's possessed?

Try Un-checking it Then log out . Log in and then re check it

thanks, kilted. did that just now... still missing in action... oh no!!!

Are you using Tinker Tool ?

If so launch it to see in the finder panel that the "Disable desktop items"isn't checked

This only works if you don't see any icons on your desktop

If not I found this on another site which may help if you are a terminal user I'm not

http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-39835.html

Did you try in finder going to view>arrange by>kind. Maybe you moved the disk off screen accidentally or something.

thank you so much to all of you! i finally solved the problem -- yes, kilted -- by going into the terminal window and typing in some sudo commands which i got from a friend who found it in http://docs.info.apple.com... etc. What it did was to sort of show my computer again where that volume was. Go figure. At least it is back where it should be and I can sleep again. Thanks again for all your help!

ooops. for those might need that link: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307503

Nice to know you got it fixed

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