YESSS!!! I GOT IT!!
Ok, here are the edited(and much easier) instructions which I put together from
THIS thread:
1. With Terminal you type this command and hit enter:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean true;killall Finder
2. Go to Developer Tools(Search Developer in Spotlight if you can't find it) and look in the Tools folder for these two files:
SetFile
3. Drag and drop SetFile to the terminal window and type this after it then press enter:
-a v /
It should look like this: /Developer/Tools/SetFile -a v /
Then type:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean false;killall Finder
If your HD doesn't show up, restart finder(option-click the Finder in the dock) and your HD should be there.
Good Luck and thanks to everybody who replied back. I really appreciate the help that this community has given me.