HD icon disappeared after using Front Row

I'm using my wife's laptop, and for the first time (I'm guessing) we launched Front Row. I exited the program almost immediately, and found the the internal drive icon is missing from the Finder (including the sidebar)
I have tried using
SetFile -a V /
SetFile -a V /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD
I've tried deleting Finder prefs, although the problem occurs in all accounts. (including root)
I logged out, and back in after every attempt.
The only way I can view the icon is by setting Finder to view all invisible files.
This is on a MBP 2.4ghz, 10.5.1

Thank you, I think there was a combination of issues for me.
The first was a strange error when I was trying SetFile as an administrator, I got a -5000 error, and a -43.
Even when I had enableb the root user account, and was su, I guess I was using the 'V', not v. The man page documentation, and the --help for SetFile wasn't very helpful.
Now, for why it may have become invisible. I did do one other thing to the drive, but it certainly didn't cause it to disappear right away.
I removed some Spotlight comments that seemed like garbage to me, it was a series of numbers, such as: XXXX-XXXX
That may have been what started my problem, not Front Row.
Excellent page on invisible files, btw! Thanks!!

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