Desktop images of hard drives.

Current operating system is 10.6.8. My intention is to upgrade of 10.8. Currently my desktop displays images of my boot drive (applications, library, system, users, etc.), Master hard disk filled with everything else, Time machine and a RAID setup, and (when connected) an external Voyagerq, hard disk dock.
Is it correct that these items are not displayed on the desktop in OS 10.8? If so, can they be made visible, or how can they be accessed?

You can make them visible on the Desktop using Finder/Preferences/General. You can also set them to show up in the Finder Sidebar using Preferences/Sidebar.

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might be some help on one of these links.
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http://apple-ipad-tablet-help.blogspot.com/2010/07/change-ipad-default-backup-lo cation.html
Windows - Changing IPhone and iPad backup location
http://goodstuff2share.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/changing-iphone-and-ipad-backup- location/
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1500
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