Hard Drive Icon no longer in upper right corner?

I know this probably sounds silly and trivial but it's annoying to me and I was wondering if there is a fix for it. Last week, my Hard Drive icon, which normally sits at the top right hand corner of my screen shows up on the middle right underneath a couple other icons when I start up. I can then move the icon to the normal position but why did it suddenly change startup positions on my desktop? And how can I fix it so that it automatically shows up in the upper right corner after startup like it used to?

In the Finder menu bar, click on "View", then "Show View Options", then activate "Snap to grid". That should keep desktop icons fixed in position.
Why did the HD icon move from the upper right hand corner? Who knows, but it happens. Don't lose sleep over it.

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[Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214]
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