After install of Lion, secondary internal hard drive used for backup and time machine is not showing on the desktop.

After an install of Lion, my secondary internal hard drive used for backup and time machine is not showing on the desktop. Cannot be located with Disk Utility either. Contains vital files! please help...

I have a TB internal drive, but this is what it shows for memory slots:
Memory Slots:
ECC:    Enabled
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1:
Size:    2 GB
Type:    DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed:    800 MHz
Status:    OK
Manufacturer:    0x0000
Part Number:    0x000000463732353642363145353830304600
Serial Number:    0x00000000
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2:
Size:    2 GB
Type:    DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed:    800 MHz
Status:    OK
Manufacturer:    0x0000
Part Number:    0x000000463732353642363145353830304600
Serial Number:    0x00000000
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1:
Size:    1 GB
Type:    DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed:    800 MHz
Status:    OK
Manufacturer:    0x80AD
Part Number:    0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Serial Number:    0x42076007
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2:
Size:    1 GB
Type:    DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed:    800 MHz
Status:    OK
Manufacturer:    0x80AD
Part Number:    0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
Serial Number:    0x4207631E
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3:
Size:    Empty
Type:    Empty
Speed:    Empty
Status:    Empty
Manufacturer:    Empty
Part Number:    Empty
Serial Number:    Empty
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4:
Size:    Empty
Type:    Empty
Speed:    Empty
Status:    Empty
Manufacturer:    Empty
Part Number:    Empty
Serial Number:    Empty
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3:
Size:    Empty
Type:    Empty
Speed:    Empty
Status:    Empty
Manufacturer:    Empty
Part Number:    Empty
Serial Number:    Empty
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4:
Size:    Empty
Type:    Empty
Speed:    Empty
Status:    Empty
Manufacturer:    Empty
Part Number:    Empty
Serial Number:    Empty

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