Finder Preferences, hard disks cd's dvds, and ipods

hello,
I am a little confused at this. In finder preferences under the general tab tere is a menu "show these items on the desktop" and selection is
-hard disks
-cd,s dvds, and ipods
-connected servers
i have selected Hard disks, why isn't my external drive showing up? It actually will show up if I have selected cds dvds and ipods....just a little weird
i was wondering if anyone had any solutions. thanks.

The labelling for the second item isn't correct; what it actually does is to show or hide removable disks, which include external hard drives. Changing this setting alters the value of the ShowRemovableMediaOnDesktop key in the Finder's preferences.
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