My external hard drive won't show up on the desktop even after checking it in preferences. What can I do?

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Why won't my external hard drive show up on my desktop even after checking it in preferences?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), My operating system is still Tiger

Posted on Jan 12, 2014 5:02 PM

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If you open up Disk Utility does your drive show up there? Perhaps it's connected and not mounted? Can you mount the drive on another machine?

-NifflerX

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