Volume contains ±10gb, but no icons appear when its opened...

Hi -
My HD contains 2 partitions. I also have an external HD divided into two partitions. All partition contain a system (10.4.11 or 10.5.4). While attempting to install OS10.5.4 on a partition on my external HD, something went wrong, and all existing file in that partition became invisible.
Since I am able to perform diagnostics on the partition from Disk Utility and from Disk Warrior, and that a Get Info command shows almost 10gb of folders/file on that partition, I assume that the information that was previously on that partition still exists there. I further assme (with less certainity) that the Directory has become corrupted.
I spent an hour on the phone with an Apple tech, and he was unable to bring the icons back to the desktop of the faulty partition. Everything is working just fine - only this one partition will not function.
Any help with this issue would be greatly appreciated...
Phil

My guess is that the catalog has been corrupted. When that happens, all the folders & files become invisible.
Download a copy of Data Rescue II from Prosoft Engineering. You can run the free download and it will tell you what's actually on your disk that can be recovered. You will have to purchase Data Rescue in order to recover the folders & files, but the free download can at least tell you what can be recovered.
By the way, exactly what icons are you talking about?
And, actually, if the catalog or partition was corrupted during your OS update, you probably ought to recover what you need ... and then reformat the partition & do a clean OS install on it.

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