HD Icon moved.

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hitmouse

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I like to keep my Hard Drive icon in the top right hand corner of the
screen but for no apparent reason it is now moved elsewhere after a
restart, whilst other icons remain in their original positions.

Any ideas anyone as to how to correct this minor aberration?
 
Try the following:

01. If your screen is covered with many windows, and the 'Desktop' cannot be clicked on - press the 'F11' key to quickly gain access to the 'Desktop', and then click on the 'Desktop'; otherwise, click on the 'Desktop'. Either action will result in 'Finder' being set as the front most process.
02. Select the 'View, Show View Options' menu item. A floating window, titled 'Desktop', will appear.
03. Locate and click on the 'Keep arranged by' check box - to add a check mark.
04. Select the 'Keep arranged by' check box'es' popup menus' 'Name' menu item.

All mounted volumes will then be listed first, followed by any 'Desktop' based file(s) and / or folder(s) - in alphabetical order.
 
My best guess is that there are other icons close to the normal top-right and OS X they overlap OS X's rigid icon grid, so it decides to put the disks in the nearest totally-empty grid space. If you rearrange your icons to keep that corner completely empty, it should go back to normal.
 
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