External Disk not showing up in finder

I have a SimpleTech - 120GB external hard drive formatted as: Mac OS Extended (journaled)
It used to appear under the devices column on the sidebar of finder and appear on my desktop. It has stopped being recognized this way but if I search for files located on it they are still accessible. I found that Disk Utility also recognizes the disk.
I have both verified and repaired the disk and the Disk Utility says that my disk is OK.
I have also checked that the preferences for Finder are set to show the disk on the sidebar and desktop when plugged in.
I have tried all I know to do and restarted my computer and finder numerous times yet Finder stil doesn't seem to recognixze it properly. I believe this problem stemmed from me unplugging the disk accidentally w/out ejecting it.
what can I do to enable it to be recognized properly again?

umm no that doesn't work either...i created a new user account but it doesn't show up but works the same as it does on my administrator account
...this is weird
Have you got a drive you can install a system on and try it from there? This would eliminate a software issue if it's still the same.
-Bmer
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