External hard drive does not come out in desktop

greetings! whenever i plug in an external hard drive or a USB flash disk through usb, it does not come out in the desk top. before, it used to come out, now it doesn't. i am still using the exact macbook. i think i touched something in the settings. please help

Go to finder and choose preferences under finder in the menu bar. Now check and see if under General you have the choices clicked of what you want to show on the desk top.

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