External Drive Icon not visible on Desktop OS X 10.9 Macbook Air

Hello,
i am unable to view my external Hard Drive icon on the desktop, rather i have to go vie system prefrences> disk utility unlock my external Drive and then the icon of ecternal drive is visible on the desktop. Earlier i was able to view the icon the moment i used to plug in my external hard drive into the system. i have also tried to change the prefrences in finder. the system was not upgraded. help would be indeed required.
Thannk You.

You should be able to make this appear on the desktop by checking it in Finder Preferences. Click on "File" in the top bar and go down the menu to get to Finder Prefs.

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