My external drive and DVD/CD devices are missing from my sidebar

The other day, my external Time Machine drive and DVD disappeared from my Sidebar. Time Machine still sees the drive and writes to it routinely. DVDs and CDs can be written to but do not show when done. They can be ejected with the keyboard button but since there is no Icon, they cant't be checked on this coomputer.
I've double checked the Finder Preferences, etc. but nothing has brought them back.

Go to the Finder Menu... Finder... Preferences... Sidebar... turn them on from there.

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    Note: Deleting photos after importing helps to reduce Camera Roll size, and it improves backup and restore times. You may choose Keep Photos if you wish to import the photos to additional computers.
    Click OK.
    Click Download All.

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