Try this: while in the finder hold down the apple key and press comma. This should bring up the finder preferences. Under the General sub-menu you should be able to see a list of items that can be enable or disabled to show on the desktop.
I have 2 x 250Gb Maxtor Drives in my Dual 2.5Ghz G5. For one reason or another the HD in Bay B has slowed right down to a crawl. Luckily for me it is not my primary drive. I have replaced the SATA cable (genuine Apple) to that drive but nothing has improved. The symptoms are similar to what El...