Utter frustration: no CD/DVD icon

My new iMac running OS X Leapord will not longer display a CD/DVD icon on the desktop. I've made no configuration changes of any kind; have not installed or uninstalled any software. The icon simply stopped showing up. It doesn't matter what CD or DVD has been inserted into the drive. Commercial music CD's, software installation DVD's, CD's or DVD's I've recorded myself (music), data CD's or DVD's I've burned, or blank discs on which I want to burn something.
Because of this I can't eject a disc without putting the iMac to sleep and using the eject button on the keyboard, or perform any action that requires clicking the icon and choosing options available from the menu that would pop up.
The only proposed solution to the icon problem in Apple FAQs is to reboot while holding down the mouse button. This has absolutely no effect at all.
After ditching Windows XP, I thought annoyances like this were behind me. I can't put into words how frustrating it is to have what was supposed to be a stable, functional computer & OS just suddenly stop working like this for no reason at all.

Thank you for the reply Antonio.
I've checked the preferences as you suggest and they are correct -- "Show these items on the Desktop" includes CD and DVD so that part is OK; remains unchanged and set to show the icon.
I created a new admin account to test your second suggestion. There was no change on the first attempt -- no CD/DVD icon appears on the new admin account's desktop. To be thorough I tried again, this time completely shutting down the iMac and restarting; then logged into the new admin account again. This also fails -- no CD or DVD icon appears on the desktop. I can't eject any disc without putting the system to sleep and using the manual eject button on the keyboard.
I think the system is only under warranty for 30 days which means I'm dead in the water. The manner in which this happened suggests an OS/software problem, based on what I've read on the net from others who have also lost the icon. Holding down the mouse button while rebooting seems to have worked for some of them. The only other option seems to be completely reinstalling OS X and then all my apps, which to be honest at the moment makes me want to go someplace quiet and cry for a while. This wasn't supposed to happen on the Mac

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