Icons no longer fit desktop

Why do icons and shortcuts suddenly no longer stay in their old locations on my desktop. It is as if the keep out zone suddenly got bigger. How do I get them back where I want them?

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J Gordon
Thank you for replying
I have the jumpers set as follows: original hard drive as master-jumper vertically to far left; hard drive that is not accessible (Macintosh HD1) jumper positioned horizontally-top row-offset one row past left as diagramed on the hard drive exterior; 3rd hd connected to pci card with ata connection-jumper vertically to far left. After nothing else has resolved the issue Disk Warrior is something I have considered.
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dd
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J Gordon
Thank you for replying
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