Missing Hard Drive on Desktop...

Hi,
I was asked to come and take a look at a friends computer, a Mac Mini, which has OS-X (10.4.6) installed and seems to be experiencing a few problems.
Here is a link to the original post that I am seeking solution(s) too.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=495748&tstart=0
Any advise or direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Jon

Jon, did you try all instructions that were given in the last post of the thread you indicated?

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