One of the user accounts on my computer cannot access the start up disk or its user folder.

I have two user accounts on my computer, both with administrator permissions. One account appears to function normally; however, when I log in to the other account, the System Disk does not appear on my desktop, and does not appear in Finder either. When I ran the disk utility as the user with the problem account, I was instructed to repair the Disk by restarting in recovery mode. Running the Disk Utility in recovery mode was unsuccesful. I received a message saying the disk could not be repaired, and that I should back up what I could, then reformat. I exited the utility and restarted my computer logging in under the user that does not appear to have a problem. I ran disk utility as this user; however, this time the utility reports that everything seems to be okay. I log back in with the problem account and the problem stil exists. I cannot see the system disk.

Thanks for your help. I didn't see your tip until after I had decided to delete the user account then recreate it. When I recreated the account, I thought I was still in trouble, because the disk did not appear on my desktop or in finder. Then I saw your tip to check the preferences. I changed the preferences and now I am able to see the disk in finder and on the desktop. Your tip to check Finder preferencese was something I did not know about. I am not sure how they were changed. I don't remember ever changing them. I guess thinking about it more, the default option may be to have the disk hidden from the desktop and finder, In the which case I was simply remembering wrong.
The only thing that puzzles me still is why when I ran Disk Utility on the one account, it indicated that the disk needed to be repaired, but that it was unable to repair the disk, though, when I ran Disk Utility on the other account, it said everything was okay. After deleting and recreating the account, Disk Utility no longer indicates any problems. It looks like there was something wrong, just don't know exactly what. At anyrate, it is all fixed, and I now know about the finder and desktop view options. Glad it wasn't something more serious. Thanks for your help.

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