Gary Lee Nelson

I'm on a G5 with OSX 10.4.8. Suddenly my startup disk has become invisible.

Everything is there and still works. It boots but the disk doesn't show up

on the desktop. I can see it in disk utilities. Searches find its

I'm on a G5 with OSX 10.4.8.  Suddenly my startup disk has become invisible.
Everything is there and still works.  It boots but the disk doesn't show up
on the desktop.  I can see it in disk utilities.  Searches find its
contents.  Any wisdom?

Cheers
Gary Lee Nelson
Oberlin College
www.timara.oberlin.edu/GaryLeeNelson

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On 17-mai-07, at 18:35, Gary Lee Nelson wrote:

> I'm on a G5 with OSX 10.4.8. Suddenly my startup disk has become 

> Everything is there and still works. It boots but the disk doesn't 

> on the desktop. I can see it in disk utilities. Searches find its

I can't check for OS X.4.8 now, but on my OS X.3.9, in the Finder's 

Preferences (Finder menu-> Preferences), in the General section, you 

can choose wether the Hard disks are displayed on the desktop or not).

> I'm on a G5 with OSX 10.4.8.  Suddenly my startup disk has become 
> invisible.
> Everything is there and still works.  It boots but the disk doesn't 
> show up
> on the desktop.  I can see it in disk utilities.  Searches find its
> contents.  Any wisdom?

I can't check for OS X.4.8 now, but on my OS X.3.9, in the Finder's 
Preferences (Finder menu-> Preferences), in the General section, you 
can choose wether the Hard disks are displayed on the desktop or not).

Yes, I tried that. Other disks were showing up OK. It was something

strange. I ran DiskWarrior and it returned. So now it's back to draining

*When you are up to your ass in alligators it's hard to remember that the

On 5/17/07 12:57 PM, "Patrick Delges" wrote:

> On 17-mai-07, at 18:35, Gary Lee Nelson wrote:

>> I'm on a G5 with OSX 10.4.8. Suddenly my startup disk has become

>> Everything is there and still works. It boots but the disk doesn't

>> on the desktop. I can see it in disk utilities. Searches find its

> I can't check for OS X.4.8 now, but on my OS X.3.9, in the Finder's

> Preferences (Finder menu-> Preferences), in the General section, you

> can choose wether the Hard disks are displayed on the desktop or not).

Yes, I tried that.  Other disks were showing up OK.  It was something
strange.  I ran DiskWarrior and it returned.  So now it's back to draining
the swamp*.  Thanks to all who replied.

*When you are up to your ass in alligators it's hard to remember that the
original object was to drain the swamp.

On 5/17/07 12:57 PM, "Patrick Delges"  wrote:

>
> On 17-mai-07, at 18:35, Gary Lee Nelson wrote:
>
>> I'm on a G5 with OSX 10.4.8.  Suddenly my startup disk has become
>> invisible.
>> Everything is there and still works.  It boots but the disk doesn't
>> show up
>> on the desktop.  I can see it in disk utilities.  Searches find its
>> contents.  Any wisdom?
>
> I can't check for OS X.4.8 now, but on my OS X.3.9, in the Finder's
> Preferences (Finder menu-> Preferences), in the General section, you
> can choose wether the Hard disks are displayed on the desktop or not).
>
> p
>


You should also do an immediate full backup of the disk, and keep 

backing up on a daily basis. This might be an early (or late) warning 

> Yes, I tried that. Other disks were showing up OK. It was something

> strange. I ran DiskWarrior and it returned. So now it's back to draining

> *When you are up to your ass in alligators it's hard to remember that the

> original object was to drain the swamp.

> On 5/17/07 12:57 PM, "Patrick Delges" wrote:

>> On 17-mai-07, at 18:35, Gary Lee Nelson wrote:

>>> I'm on a G5 with OSX 10.4.8. Suddenly my startup disk has become

>>> Everything is there and still works. It boots but the disk doesn't

>>> on the desktop. I can see it in disk utilities. Searches find its

>> I can't check for OS X.4.8 now, but on my OS X.3.9, in the Finder's

>> Preferences (Finder menu-> Preferences), in the General section, you

>> can choose wether the Hard disks are displayed on the desktop or not).

You should also do an immediate full backup of the disk, and keep 
backing up on a daily basis. This might be an early (or late) warning 
that the disk is sick and dying.

Gary Lee Nelson wrote:
> Yes, I tried that.  Other disks were showing up OK.  It was something
> strange.  I ran DiskWarrior and it returned.  So now it's back to draining
> the swamp*.  Thanks to all who replied.
>
> Cheers
> Gary Lee Nelson
> Oberlin College
> www.timara.oberlin.edu/GaryLeeNelson
>
> *When you are up to your ass in alligators it's hard to remember that the
> original object was to drain the swamp.
>
>
> On 5/17/07 12:57 PM, "Patrick Delges"  wrote:
>
>> On 17-mai-07, at 18:35, Gary Lee Nelson wrote:
>>
>>> I'm on a G5 with OSX 10.4.8.  Suddenly my startup disk has become
>>> invisible.
>>> Everything is there and still works.  It boots but the disk doesn't
>>> show up
>>> on the desktop.  I can see it in disk utilities.  Searches find its
>>> contents.  Any wisdom?
>> I can't check for OS X.4.8 now, but on my OS X.3.9, in the Finder's
>> Preferences (Finder menu-> Preferences), in the General section, you
>> can choose wether the Hard disks are displayed on the desktop or not).


I have exactly the same problem. 3 weeks ago, my startup disk just 

I ran all test and repairs utilities I know, but no way.

the system volume is hidden, and I can't find a way to show it.

everything works fine, so I could live with it until now... but I 

I have a windows partition too on that disk. this one hasn't 

of course, I make a dayly backup of everything...just in case... but 

I'm pretty sure that's it's not an hardware problem. there's probably 

some magic words to type in the terminal to resolve everything... no ?

I have exactly the same problem. 3 weeks ago, my startup disk just  
disapeared.
I ran all test and repairs utilities I know, but no way.
the system volume is hidden, and I can't find a way to show it.
everything works fine, so I could live with it until now... but I  
would love too to recover my HD !

I have a windows partition too on that disk. this one hasn't  
disapeared...
[maxbook pro os X.4.9...]

of course, I make a dayly backup of everything...just in case... but  
I'm pretty sure that's it's not an hardware problem. there's probably  
some magic words to type in the terminal to resolve everything... no ?

www.maxobjects.com
http://mathieu.chamagne.free.fr

/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a v /Volumes/Your_HD_Name

(to change Volume attribute : V set to invisible, v set to visible)

(after that, I had to go in desktop preferences and uncheck + check 

again "show on the desktop" "hard drive" to 'refresh' the icon on 

in terminal, type :
/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a v /Volumes/Your_HD_Name

(after that, I had to go in desktop preferences and uncheck + check  
again "show on the desktop" "hard drive" to  'refresh' the icon on  
the desktop)

http://www.maxobjects.com
http://mathieu.chamagne.free.fr

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