Hard Disk icon has vanished

The Hard Disk icon has vanished from my Desktop, and the sidebar of the Finder window.
If I use the little path tool in the toolbar of a Finder window the Hard Disk name is greyed out and I can't select it.
I can navigate to it using the Terminal, or the Go To Folder... menu item, but I can't get it to appear back where it belongs on the desktop.
Any ideas?
Phil

Open the Script Editor in the /Applications/AppleScript/ folder and run the following:
tell application "System Events" to set visible of alias "name of hard disk" to true
tell application "Finder" to quit
delay 1
tell application "Finder" to run
Insert the name of the hard disk between the second pair of quote marks, and press the Run button.
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