Missing blank disc icon

OK...what happened to my blank disc icon when I pop one in the drive? I want to drag and drop photos from iPhoto5 onto a disc for a non-mac user, and I can't find my disc...in fact, I can't even find it in the Finder? Anyone know what gives? Thanks,
Chris
iMac G5 (1.8 GHz) Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Lori, thanks for the tips - now think I see what is happening.
It looks like, when I play with the General Preferences in Finder, I currently have CDs, DVDs checked to display on my Desktop - but I have an external drive which is split into two drives, so my system is reading these two drives as my CD/DVD drives. The result is, my CD drive does not display on the Desktop at all - or in the Finder Sidebar.
Given all of this, even the instructions link you sent me doesn't work. Any idea how I can rectify this? It is almost as if there's not enough room on the desktop or something.
Thanks.
Chris

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