Desktop disk icons

After installing XP-Pro in BOOTCAMP for OSX 10.6.8, I have no disk icons on the desktop. I tried installing three times with the same results.
Otherwise, Windoze seems to run OK.
/Bob

Try going to finder preferences and selecting items to be shown on the desktop.
1 click on the desktop
2 in the finder menu select preferences then general
Or you can press simultaneously the command and , keys to get the prefernces.
The above applies to the Mac OS X partition.
In Windows there are no disk icons on the desktop, you go to My Computer to find them.

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