Seagate hardrive no longer shows up on my desktop in Lion

I have a Seagate 500gb Freeagent hadrdive and recently upgraded to Lion, it no longer shows up on the desktop but does show up in disk utility. Tried a new WD hard drive and that one works fine. Anyone had similar problems or found work arounds?

See my tip on how to eject discs, as it also explains how to ensure removable drives are visible:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-1015
If none of those make it visible, if it is connected via USB, see if booting in safe mode makes it visible.
That means holding the shift key.
Double check that Spotlight isn't trying to index it as well. If the drive appears in Spotlight outside of the Privacy section of Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Spotlight, add it there, as that prevents Spotlight's index from slowing your access to the drive.
If you can't get it in Spotlight since it is invisible, it is possible the drive needs a new firmware to be Lion compatible. Check with the manufacturer.

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