My Mac Tower missing 2nd built in hard drive icon from the top right corner of my monitor?

Not sure why but my second built in hard drive icon is no longer there. Anybody know how to get it back.
MAC OS X 10.6.8 Mac tower with two built in hard drive.

First launch disk utility, then see if both drives are showing up in the left column area of the screen if you see your second hard drive try clicking on it then click repair.  Take a look at this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1782?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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