I am having a strange problem starting up

im not sure if this is the correct category for this sort of problem...but anyway. Often when i start up my computor, there is a strange repetitive clicking sound, and my computer ceases to start up. this also happens at random times while i am using my computor; it is not only at startup. the whole computor seems to freeze, except the cursor cam move...but it is only a spinning wheel.
im fairly sure this is a hardware issue as opposed to a software issue because of the clicking sound, though i am not positive. the sound seems to be coming from my internal disks.
i have already tried switching power cords, repairing the disk and repairing the disk permissions, and i have reinstalled OS 10.3 onto an alternate disk. i have also attempted the command-s thing at start up to do the fsck -fy command, but none of these things helped. another bit of info- when i did the command-s and the clicking started, the computer said something like the 'data control device is blocking the bus'.
does anyone have suggestions? anything would be much appreciated.
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Phoenix314,
As previously posted, backup as much as you can ASAP!
If you have access to another Firewire enabled Mac, you can use Firwire Target Disk Mode, to do a complete system backup, or to try to salvage as much critical data as possible.
Once your data is secure, you could try an Erase & Install, zeroing all data, but if the HD is shot, it probably won't do any good.
ali b

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