external HD not on desktop or finder

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melish2y

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Running OSX 10.4.1 on an eMac; suddenly my external drive (firewire) doesn't appear on the desktop or in the finder--but it IS in Disk Utility, which says it is mounted and does not need repair. Whenever I power it off, I get an error message about having to eject it first (which I can't do because I can't see/access it). But I need it to back up/move files, esp. w/a main HD of only 80G. Found an article that said I should run following AppleScript; did so twice, got below error twice. (Help. I'm NOT a techie--in fact, I mistyped my username.) Thanks.

tell application "System Events"
set visible of disk "External HD" to true
end tell

tell application "Finder" to quit
delay 1
tell application "Finder" to launch

"System Events got an error: NSReceiverEvaluationScriptError: 4"
 
Well, let's start with this:

Click on your desktop to go to the Finder (or click on the Finder icon at the far left of your Dock).

In the Finder menu choose: Preferences.

Click on the General button at the top of the Preferences dialog box.

Under Show These Items On The Desktop:, make sure that Hard Disks is checked. Then close the window by clicking on the red button in the upper left of the window.

Did that help?
 
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