Finder Window Hard Drive Icon problem

When I double click my hard drive on the desktop, the icons that are displayed in the FInder window are all jumbled up. No matter how many times I use "clean up" and "arrange by name" they still are jumbled everytime I open them! Any solutions would be much appreciated.
iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   PowerPC G4

Open the Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and enter the following:
sudo chmod 666 /.DS_Store
Press Enter and type in your administrator password; nothing will appear on the screen while it is being typed. When done, log out and back in; changes made to the icons in the window should now stick. The command made the file which stores these settings writable by your account.
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