Push the power button to restart system

In the last 2 hours I keep getting the pop up screen "Push the power button to restart your system" I was copy files from a segate drive to my Time Capsule. First I thought I wa copying to many files at a time and started to copy one at a time and I still get the pop up. Your Thoughts?

Hi, and welcome to the forums.
Are you sure that's exactly what it said?
That sounds suspiciously like the message you get (in several languages) saying you need to restart your system, and it's a result of a *Kernel Panic.*
If so, they are usually caused by hardware problems, but can be software.
Disconnect all peripherals, except keyboard and mouse. Reconnect one at a time to see if you can find the culprit.
If that's no help, run the Apple Hardware Test, from the separate disc that came with your Mac.
more kernel panic info:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1392
http://www.index-site.com/kernelpanic.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html

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