Why does Finder delete my shortcuts whenever I unplug my external RAID?

Question

Dear friends,
I assign a whole bunch of shortcuts in my FINDER WINDOW from my external RAID drive ($1,000 brand new).
Whenever I do this, here's how it looks:
http://www.ccwatershed.org/media/photologue/photos/704_ALL_OF_THEM.jpg
But then, when I unplug my RAID external drive from my laptop, I lose all my shortcuts !!!!
When I do this, here's how it looks:
http://www.ccwatershed.org/media/photologue/photos/703_NON_OF_THEM.jpg
So ...
What can I do to fix this??

Answer 1

I had a problem with my La Cie 1TB drive, connected to my Airport Extreme. Sometimes I could view the root level (first level of folders), but clicking to the second level, all folders seemed to be empty. It was indeed the alias bit that was the culprit.
Instead of always go into Path Finder or Terminal to flip the alias bit, I made an AppleScript, compiled it into app, and put that in my Login Items (System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items). Now every time I reboot or log in again, the disk is mounted in the correct way, without alias bit.
For those who want to use it, here is the script.
tell application "Finder"
activate
if (exists disk "NETBU") then
eject "NETBU"
end if
set volumemounted to false
try
mount volume ("afp://youraccount:[email protected]/NETBU")
on error
display dialog "Error mounting NETBU." & return & return buttons {"OK"} default button 1
end try
set volumemounted to true
if volumemounted = "true" then
do shell script "sudo /usr/bin/SetFile -a a /Volumes/NETBU"
end if
end tell
Note : Replace "NETBU" by the name of your disk; replace youraccount:password by your account name and your password; replace 192.168.1.2 by the IP address of your Airport. If your disk is connected in another way, you need to change the mount statement accordingly.
Good luck !