Disk Utility Window is Blank

On my Macbook Pro the disk utility window does not fully load. Much of the window information is missing and the program is not working at all. If I hide it and unhide it, it becomes a blank white window. It is the only program that does this.
Macbook Pro 2 gig Ram, OS 5.2

Denbee,
Quit Disk Utility, and navigate to your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Prefernces folder where you will find the com.apple.DiskUtility.plist file. Drag that file to your Desktop, log out/in or restart and check Disk Utility for normal behavior.
;~)

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http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?mainpage=product_info&productsid=1
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
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