Freezing in sleep mode, and now constant "kernel panic"?

My Mac Pro (with Leopard) has been working fine, but then all of a sudden when I came home today I went to wake it up from sleep mode and I found it was frozen. I restarted it, and before I had a chance to do anything a screen that said "You need to restart your computer" came on, which I hear is called the kernel panic. I did that, even waited several minutes, but as soon as I turn it on it comes right back. I'm not able to do anything to fix the problem because it is within a minute of booting up that the screen comes back on. I added nothing new in the last day, updated last week and everything was working fine.
What can I do to fix this problem, if I have under a minute to actually use the computer to fix it...thank you!

If necessary, you could try getting files off the MacPro using Firewire Target Disk Mode if it works...
although it sounds like the drive is gone.
If you have two Macs that are FireWire-equipped, you can connect them so that one of them appears as an external hard disk on the other. This is sometimes called Target Disk Mode.
To transfer files using FireWire:
Shut down the computer to be used as a disk. Leave the other computer on.
Connect the two computers with a FireWire cable.
Start up the computer to be used as a disk, then open System Preferences, click Startup Disk, and click Target Disk Mode. (Or, start it up while holding down the T key.)
A disk icon appears on the desktop of the other computer.
Transfer files by dragging them to and from the disk.
Eject the disk by dragging its icon to the Trash. (While you drag, the Trash icon changes to an Eject icon.)
On the computer you used as a disk, push the power button to shut it down, and then disconnect the FireWire cable.
Carolyn

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