System HDD Not Shown in Finder or Desktop?

I have a PowerMac G4 with Dual 867 PPC processors, 1.5 Gig of RAM, a 500 GB HDD now running *Mac OS X Leopard*. Everything was installed just fine. However, a few days later, my system HDD, that is, the drive which Leopard and all other apps run from, has disappeared from the desktop and finder windows? I used Disk Utility, where the drive shows up, and Verified and Repaired everything. There were no errors reported. I can access all folders, but am very concerned I may soon lose data or access to data. Anyone with experience resolving this problem would be a huge help.
Best,
MM

seem like the problem was not with the OS, it was caused by the Drivepass that i'd been set for my external drive.
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