Finder not showing icons

moments ago my imac froze up and i had to restart. when i came back the icons in my finder window were missing. i ran disk utility and corrected a bunch of permissions for lack of knowing what else to do. are there other utilities i can run or anything i can do to get this thing running correctly again besides rebuilding the system?
thanks,
ben

The hard shutdown can't be helped sometimes. You just got unlucky this time. Having a complete backup is a good thing.
Yes, you are correct you could perform the zero out and then clone the iBook. Perhaps better, to re-install from your install disks then use migration assistant in target mode because of any hardware specific elements on the iBook.
Steps for zeroing the drive Disk Utility:
1. Insert your Mac OS X CD-ROM disc or Restore DVD disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key until you see the spinning gear.
2. Once started up from CD or DVD, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu.
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from disc to access Disk Utility.
3. Choose the entire disk (top icon).
4. Choose erase tab.
5. Click on Options
6. Choose "write zeros".
7. Erase
This will take a bit of time because the computer is physically writing zeros to each block. Take a break, have some tea, read a book.
Good luck, let us know.
-mj
[email protected]

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