Blank Desktop, Applications not loading...Help!

Hi there,
I have a G5, which is a couple of years old and until now has performed fine. However, I turned the computer on yesterday and the following occurs:
- The Desktop has no icons (it just displays my background image)
- No applications (including Finder) from the dock will open, except for System Preferences
- The horizontal bar across the top of the screen is not displayed correctly
- On restarting, the 'chime' no longer sounds
I have been browsing the forums and seen a few people that have experienced very similar problems to me, but it is not clear what the final solution to the problem is.
To make things worse, my hard drive back-up is not working, so I am a little frightened of anything happening to the important contents of my computer :-s
If anyone has encountered this problem and can shed some light on how they cleared it up I would be eternally grateful!
Many Thanks,
Oliver

Hi OliH-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple boards.
This may be helpful: Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4 or later: Return to default desktop, apparent "loss" of home directory
If that isn't it, try creating a new user and then log in under that account and see if you get your desktop back.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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