Disc drive icon gone.

One of the new Mac books we have at work has no iDisc icon on the desk top.
One of the guys told us he trashed it thinking it had something to do with
an HD (high Def) drive and he did not want that?????? :-p
The computer now does not display alot of on screen things like, loaded discs, programs and so on.
The computer does work but how can I get this back??
Please help.
thank you for any help.
Cam

Click on the desktop to get to finder, then check it's preferences in the General tab. Is "Connected servers" checked?

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