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Why doesn't my finder show all partitions of my external harddisk?

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tuamtuem

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I've used Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500 Gb. It has been divided into 2 partitions. one is used for time machine, another is used for keeping my important data. I think that the Finder should show both partitions on the left, but it shows only Time machine :confused:.

I regularly run software update. As I can remember, it has ever shown two partitions. I don't know whether this is related to software updating or not. If it is 'yes', how can I solve it?

Thanks!
 
Thought of something else, if you go to Finder menu, Preferences..., Sidebar tab, under Show these items in the Siderbar: is there a checkmark in the box in front of Hard disks?
 
DewGuy1999 said:
Thought of something else, if you go to Finder menu, Preferences..., Sidebar tab, under Show these items in the Siderbar: is there a checkmark in the box in front of Hard disks?
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It's work now!!! Thanks for your advice.

Can you explain me why isn't the original checkmark a tick sign. It is a minus(-) sign. I've never seen it before :eek:
 
tuamtuem said:
It's work now!!! Thanks for your advice.

Can you explain me why isn't the original checkmark a tick sign. It is a minus(-) sign. I've never seen it before :eek:
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Once you clicked it, did it change to a checkmark? If so, I believe the minus is an indicator that something is showing/checked (Time Machine) but not everything.
 
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