External HD icon doesn't show on sidebar

When I plug in an external HD, it will show up immediately in Bridge and Disk Utility, but it did not show up in the sidebar of the Main HD window.
Any thoughts?

That is configurable, but not in SYSTEM Preferences:
Finder > Preferences > Sidebar
Show:
[√] External Drives

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