Icons generic, Cannot rebuild desktop - what to reinstall?

Hello,
The power supply on my MDD has recently been replaced, and I've noticed freezing in OS 9. The repair shop tech suggested some fixes:
1. rebuilding the desktop
2. trashing finder and system folder prefs
3. archive reinstall
On trying to rebuild the desktop, I got a flashing dialog box saying the finder needs your attention and to restart. This happened several times, so I assume I somehow can't rebuild the desktop. (And Alsoft Disk Warrior won't let me rebuild the Mac HD, as it is the start up drive)
And 2. I tried trashing the system prefs. - and included the desktop startup prefs.(I think) Since I was led to believe these would regenerate on the restart...though I may have trashed one that didn't) Because evidently my video files (Quicktime, and the 3rd party video editing system application that uses them, no longer show up in the file list as icons, but as generic document (page with corner turned down) icons.
How can I restore the icons and also be able to rebuild the desktop? I certainly don't want to lose my video files (there must be thousands) or have to replace all the applications, so I think I have to do an archive and install (???).
It's been so long since I did that, and that was back in the Apple Care support days, so could someone please advise? I have all the discs that came with the computer, and I'm thinking I need to do this from one or more of the Software Restore discs, 1-4
Many thanks.
Keith

Hey Tex,
(First off, the other guy's reply here has nothing to do with my issue..)
OK, so I checked out your advice and spent hours trying to recover the icons and rebuild - - no such luck.
I finally got my icons back by reinstalling the NLE program but now, since I tried the first suggestions in the Apple doc., and after it said to turn off the extensions, create another set and what not, that caused more problems than I started out with. I think I rebooted about 25 times...so if there was ever a grown man close to tears, it was me.
The only thing I don't have now is DV in and out in OS 9. I have spent more hours trying out different extension sets that I had - some of which used to work fine, but now I'm unable to get a picture on my monitor or even an exchange with my camcorder when either are connected via firewire. And I'm not even getting the external drive to show up on the desktop - but it does in OS X - so I know there's some extension that needs to be tweaked, but I'll be d**ned if I have to go through all those settings turning them on and off for another 4 or 5 hours...
Help please OR ANY ONE!! I'm at my limit...and so discouraged. The solution's probably something incredibly simple. If anyone had once told me I'd end up as a slave to a computer I would never have believed them

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