Quote Originally Posted by Desert Rat
I'm still not sure if I picked up a boot virus or had a hard drive crash. The drive would cycle through all the post screens and try to load, but then fail. The two previous crashes I have ever seen have been very obvious, the fuzzy screen of death and no worky.
Either way, you probably want to get the stuff off that drive as quickly as possible.

It could be a virus, it could be a physical problem with the MBR. For what hard drives are going for these days, you can pretty much toss the old one and give yourself an upgrade.