Firewire, USB ports, and Spotlight not working

When I got home and booted up my iMac G5, I noticed that my 4G iPod was not recognized by FInder and iTunes, like it did before. When I tried resetting my iPod, I checked and it was working fine. Then I tried changing the port to which my Firewire connection was. Still nothing. I tried shutting down, but midway, it hanged. I had to do a hard reboot (pressing the power button for a few seconds) When it started up again, I noticed that my External HD, connected by USB was not recognised. The weired thing is, it recognised the other external HD( I have two connected by USB). I wanted to search in the HELP section for troubleshooting tips but when I typed in Spotlight, it wasn't working. I tried it in both the Desktop and Finder. Not working. Even Software Update hangs on me. WHAT DO I DO? HELP!
Another thing, My iPod is still working and is still being charged by Firewire, even though it doesn't appear on my desktop, iTunes and Finder.

Perform all the "usual diagnostic routines" to see if it cures the problem:
1.Repair Disk Permission then restart the Mac and see how...
2.If this doesn't work, boot from the OS disc and run Disk Utility; If Hardware Test is on the same disc, usually the DVD version, run it too to determine everything is OK
Good luck and cheers; Oh, it's best you run all these with all extra accessories, pheriperals etc plug out, i.e. meaning only your keyboard, mouse is plug in, do note that running the Hardware Test may require a wired keyboard and mouse.
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