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    How do i recover....

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by kamkazeephi, Feb 17, 2008.

  1. kamkazeephi

    kamkazeephi Notebook Consultant

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    I dont know what happen but my HDD Logo on my deskstop is missing and also on my finder under devices HDD is not there and idisk. how can i recover them?
     
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    Xander Paranoid Android

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    Finder > Preferences.

    General tab:
    [​IMG]
    Sidebar tab:
    [​IMG]
     
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  3. kamkazeephi

    kamkazeephi Notebook Consultant

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    The hard disk is not showing it ramdomly disappeared,i put the macbook to sleep then when it wake up it was not there. I tried checking the HDD under sidebar u r showing. thnx!
     
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    [​IMG]

    Since you ended with "thnx!" my guess is that you got the icons back, but I do not understand what you said.
     
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  5. kamkazeephi

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    no im still trying to figure it ou t :(, before i had the HDD icon on my desktop then i put it to sleep then when i got back it's not there, it's also not on my Finder under devices, i tried doing the pref thing and checked it, and still no luck.
     
    kamkazeephi, Feb 17, 2008
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  6. trueintentions

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    Try just restarting the computer - You know how things are, electronics are never perfect... :p
     
    trueintentions, Feb 17, 2008
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    Try restarting it? If not call apple they will help.
     
    mc511, Feb 17, 2008
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    Press Control-Option-Command-Eject... Or restart.
     
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  9. kamkazeephi

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    still no luck :(
     
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  10. trueintentions

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    So you've checked the box, and restarted the computer?

    Hm. Try giving Apple a phone call. I think we're all pretty much stuck here.
     
    trueintentions, Feb 17, 2008
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    Do you have the "Computer" icon in your Finder sidebar? If so, find your Mac HD icon in that folder and drag it onto the desktop. It may be a shortcut, but at least your HD will be there(you can also drag it from the Computer folder into your sidebar to get it to show up there).
     
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  12. kamkazeephi

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    i haev the computer icon but no HDD icon there jsut NETWORK, ok i got it to show i called apple, but another i notice that inside DESKTOP under places, no folders is in it(just empty Desktop)? i think i notice before there's supposed to be some things in there.
     
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  13. system_159

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    Could you share with us how you got it back up? For future reference.
     
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  14. kamkazeephi

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    yesh of course apple person told me to type some commands on the terminal

    to put back the missing HDD icon on the desktop type in:

    terminal:

    sudo chflags nohidden /

    then return
     
    kamkazeephi, Feb 17, 2008
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  15. kgeier82

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    create a new user account.

    that should be that.
     
    kgeier82, Feb 17, 2008
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  16. kamkazeephi

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    we tried no luck just use that command line.
     
    kamkazeephi, Feb 17, 2008
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