I think my hard disc crashed

My computer shut down and when I started it back up I got a black box that instructs me::: You need to restart your computer (in 4 different languages). I tried to restart using the OX system software but it only gets so far and quits.
Is this a crash and what can I do?

You are having kernel panics as shown in this Apple doc.#106227.
Do everything in Dr.Smokes Resolving Kernel Panics.
Cheers!
DALE

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