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Why wont my backup drive appear on desktop?

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Audioi

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Dec 24, 2006
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Upstate NY
I have a Mac Mini 1.83 Ghz running 10.6.4 that I backup to a 1TB Newer Technologies dedicated drive that will not appear on desktop or finder yet occasionally it backs up the system but not always as scheduled. At first I thought it was a drive issue so the retailer replaced the 1TB drive only with the same results. I have it connected via USB.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Mike
 
I think what has happened here is that the hard drive's visibility bit is set to invisible. This AppleSprite: Controlling Hard Drive Visibility With Onyx article tells how to use OnyX to change a currently visible hard drive to invisible. Follow the instructions in that article but instead of making it invisible, make it visible and your drive should show up.
 
DewGuy1999 said:
I think what has happened here is that the hard drive's visibility bit is set to invisible. This AppleSprite: Controlling Hard Drive Visibility With Onyx article tells how to use OnyX to change a currently visible hard drive to invisible. Follow the instructions in that article but instead of making it invisible, make it visible and your drive should show up.
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This opened up a whole bag of worms. It displayed faults on my Boot drive!
 
Audioi said:
This opened up a whole bag of worms. It displayed faults on my Boot drive!
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I don't understand. Changing the visibility of your external hard drive doesn't have anything to do with your boot drive.
 
DewGuy1999 said:
I don't understand. Changing the visibility of your external hard drive doesn't have anything to do with your boot drive.
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No, when I ran the software it found faults on my boot drive that I need to correct first. I had to locate the OS discs first.
 
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