ALL disks HIDDEN on desktop after TARGET MODE. help ....

hey you out there !
just a short story to tell. i got myself a MP 8core. this one i started in Target Mode to maintain my old G5 with some last gadgets before ebay-resell.
then i DIDN´t eject the disks but shut down my new "TargetMode" mac. well i know there comes a warning message "don´t you do that" ... after reboot, all three harddisks inside are HIDDEN, which means NOT ON DESKTOP !. never had it before since 1997 !
i tried following: reboot with deleting parameter-ram (cmd-alt-p-r), repairing access privileges, making them visible with onyx to delete the .DS store - files, now i got a "client node" file from cloning my startup-disk to one of those three disks. and yes, finder´s settings are clear to me. i´ve run out of track, knowledge, time, nerves, ... anybody any idea ??
i love you in advance, volker

Try the following:
Go to your Utilities folder and open Terminal. For each hidden non-startup volume, type the following line into the Terminal window, substituting the exact name of the drive volume for NameOfDrive. Keep the quotation marks if that name contains any spaces:
sudo chflags nohidden /Volumes/"NameOfDrive"
Type Return, enter your admin password at the prompt (it will not echo on the screen), and type Return again.
If the startup drive is also hidden, enter this command as well:
sudo chflags nohidden /
If a drive icon re-appears on the Desktop but not the on the sidebar, go back to Finder Preferences>Sidebar and uncheck/recheck the appropriate box, then relaunch the Finder (or log out/in).

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