Can't get files to appear on actual desktop but in Desktop Finder

Hi. I am very new to Macs. I can't seem to place an icon for my files onto the actual deskop. I see them in my Desktop in Finder and tried to drag and drop but it won't let me. I've been looking around the net and realize that my Macintosh HD is not on my desktop either as I've seen in many pictures of desktops online. Can anyone help?

I'm sorry I should have said repair disk permissions. Look under the utilities folder in finder and find disk utility.app
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