Accidentally moved 1,000's of files to desktop & Powerbook is stuck

Hello,
I just got a replacement iPod through Applecare, and while trying to move my backed-up music files from an external hard drive to the new iPod I accidentally clicked and dragged everything to my desktop (4,000+ files). I'm running OS 10.3.8, it takes several hours now to boot, and I'm unable to move files anywhere (i.e. all the audio files to the trash). I just keep getting the spinning beach ball when I try to do anything. If I were able to view any system info, I imagine my hard drive would be full. It isn't freezing up, it's just taking hours to do anything. All the problems persist in Safe Mode as well. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Jason

Assuming that all the files have ".mp3" as the extension try the following:
1. Boot into single-user mode by restarting the computer. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-S keys until the computer starts up to a black screen with white print.
2. At the prompt enter the following lines pressing Return at the end of each line. The prompt will be represented by a "# " sign followed by a space. Comments, if any, will be in brackets, [comment].
# /sbin/mount -uw /
# cd /Users/yourusername/Desktop
[this will move you to the Desktop folder.]
# rm -rf *.mp3
[this will erase all files that have a .mp3 extension.]
# ls -l /Users/yourusername/Desktop/
[this will list files in the Desktop folder. Hopefully your music files will now be erased.]
# reboot

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