I reinstalled lion on my 27in iMac but can't see hard drive.

I reinstalled Lion on my 27in imac, all seems well except I can't see my hard drive. How can I make it visible on the desktop. Thank you to Kappy fo help on the reinstall.

Choose Preferences from the Finder menu and check the boxes in the General tab.
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