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Partition doesn't appear in OS X Finder, but ISN'T lost
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Yesterday evening I experienced a very edgy phenomenon. My main OS9-Partition doesn't show up in OS X Finder anymore. I'm lucky, it's not deleted or lost, because i still can choose it e.g. in "startvolume", I can access it in the shell. Then I tried the finder-replacement "Pathfinder" - it shows all my partitions, including the "lost" one. WTF?
It seems that the Finder has somehow lost track of it.
I already repaired permissions, ran cocktail and onyx, deleted the finder prefs. Helped nothing... I haven't tried re-install OS X (currently on my machine 10.4.4), maybe anyone here have a clue. Anyone?
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You have probably just dragged it out of the sidebar by accident. No reason to swear 
Just select Computer > Lost Drive and put it back in the side bar.
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
Just select Computer > Lost Drive and put it back in the side bar.
Hm, I'm afraid it's not that easy. The lost partition doesn't show up in the Sidebar AND on the Desktop, which seem to be 2 different things.
Btw, what do you mean by "Just select Computer > Lost Drive". I can d'n'd volumes from my desktop to the sidebar of course, but the lost partition is still lost in OS X Nirvana.
hmm... I'm clueless...
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Go to the Finder and choose Go To > Computer from the menu.
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
Go to the Finder and choose Go To > Computer from the menu.
Ah, see. But my mad partition is not listed there.
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In the finder, select Go To Folder.
Then type this exactly:
/Volumes
If you can see it, try to recall the exact name, and type in that same thingy:
/Volumes/whateverItsNameWas
I'm sorry I don't have a permanent fix. I have the same problem with an external Firewire drive.
Good luck.
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If you run Disk Utility, you should see that it finds voume and says "does not appear on Desktop" then click repair.
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Last edited by romeosc; Jan 26, 2006 at 11:14 AM.
Reason: double Post!)
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Originally Posted by romeosc
I ran good old norton and everythings fine again... Stupid Me, I didn't try that first.
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