Help, can't see my drives

Hi all
I have a problem that started with activating a new account on my computer for a friend to upload files as FTP. using DISK INFO, I tried to restrict my drive's persmissions, but then relized that it was restricting all users. When i logged out of "his" account, and logged in as admin, the drives "2nd and 3rd" additional drives...just poofed. I could not see them again. I tried disk utilities " disk permissions" and it did not work. I have data rescue, but it does not have options permission reset. What should I do?
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G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4.6) -
G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4.6) -

With the Terminal open, type in the following:
sudo chmod a+rx /Volumes/
and then type the first few letters or other characters of the disk's name followed by pressing the Tab key; if you hear a beep, type in more symbols until the name is complete or pressing Tab completes it. Once the name has been fully entered, press Enter and type in your password, which won't produce anything in the Terminal window. Repeat for the second disk, log out, and log back in; you probably won't be asked for your password the second time.
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