My computer was doing that a while back, and we determined it was the power supply freaking out. At first we thought it was hard-drive problems, but then we discovered that the power supply issues were fubar-ing the hard drive.
Get it looked at ASAP, and back up while you can. It could die at any moment.
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Date: 2008-11-22 03:46 am (UTC)Get it looked at ASAP, and back up while you can. It could die at any moment.