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iShamsa · 10th May 2008, 22:52

Hi,

I bought a month ago a WD external drive that I used for one day as a Time Machine drive. After that I changed my mind and decided to use it as a normal external drive.

The problem is that the drive was showing normally in my desktop for a while and then suddenly it stopped appearing in my desktop. I tried searching for some of the files and folders that are in this drive and I was able to access them. It seems like this particular drive is hidden from my desktop and the side menu in finder *check attached file*

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e3...Picture1-1.png

how can I unhide my external drive?

PS: am takin abt dxbutterfly drive

Magnus · 10th May 2008, 23:17

Do you have anything on the drive that you need to save? If not, have you tried formatting it with Disk Utility?

iShamsa · 11th May 2008, 15:30

Apart from my whole digital life in it you mean?

I have more than 400 GB worth of digital life there .... =(

Magnus · 11th May 2008, 15:53

Oh okay, does it show up in Disk Utility? Can you run a check of it there?

iShamsa · 11th May 2008, 19:47

I can see it on the left bar ... how can i run a check to see if it is there?

Vinpin · 11th May 2008, 19:49

I'll suggest first go to finder Preferences (Cmd ,) and see that you and check mark on both General and Sidebar preferences - Show these items on the Desktop: External disks.
Show these items in the Side Bar: External disks.

One thing for sure when a disk is playing tricks on you, its high time you make a backup of it before its fully 'Dead'.

iShamsa · 11th May 2008, 19:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vinpin

I'll suggest first go to finder Preferences (Cmd ,) and see that you and check mark on both General and Sidebar preferences - Show these items on the Desktop: External disks.
Show these items in the Side Bar: External disks.

One thing for sure when a disk is playing tricks on you, its high time you make a backup of it before its fully 'Dead'.

I already did that and it didn't work ... The External disk is not that old ... (around 2 months old) and I only got this problem after the time machine thingy .. :S I hate WD :S

Magnus · 11th May 2008, 20:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by iShamsa

I can see it on the left bar ... how can i run a check to see if it is there?

Click on the disk on the left, then "verify disk".

iShamsa · 11th May 2008, 20:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magnus

Click on the disk on the left, then "verify disk".

are you sure it won't erase whatever in my disk

Magnus · 11th May 2008, 20:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by iShamsa

are you sure it won't erase whatever in my disk

No, verify or even repair won't. Only if you format or partition will it erase. If you're really concerned, try to borrow another external drive to copy everything to. It might be a good idea to do that anyway, then to reformat your drive and put everything back.

10th May 2008, 22:52	#1 (permalink)
iShamsa Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Dubai Posts: 32	showing Hidden drives Hi, I bought a month ago a WD external drive that I used for one day as a Time Machine drive. After that I changed my mind and decided to use it as a normal external drive. The problem is that the drive was showing normally in my desktop for a while and then suddenly it stopped appearing in my desktop. I tried searching for some of the files and folders that are in this drive and I was able to access them. It seems like this particular drive is hidden from my desktop and the side menu in finder check attached file http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e3...Picture1-1.png how can I unhide my external drive? PS: am takin abt dxbutterfly drive

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10th May 2008, 23:17	#2 (permalink)
Magnus Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dubai Posts: 7,518	Do you have anything on the drive that you need to save? If not, have you tried formatting it with Disk Utility?

11th May 2008, 15:30	#3 (permalink)
iShamsa Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Dubai Posts: 32	Apart from my whole digital life in it you mean? I have more than 400 GB worth of digital life there .... =(

11th May 2008, 15:53	#4 (permalink)
Magnus Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dubai Posts: 7,518	Oh okay, does it show up in Disk Utility? Can you run a check of it there?

11th May 2008, 19:47	#5 (permalink)
iShamsa Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Dubai Posts: 32	I can see it on the left bar ... how can i run a check to see if it is there?

11th May 2008, 19:49	#6 (permalink)
Vinpin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 254	I'll suggest first go to finder Preferences (Cmd ,) and see that you and check mark on both General and Sidebar preferences - Show these items on the Desktop: External disks. Show these items in the Side Bar: External disks. One thing for sure when a disk is playing tricks on you, its high time you make a backup of it before its fully 'Dead'.