IMac fell on the floor - Windows 7 boots up, Snow Leopard does not

Hello everyone
My first generation aluminium-intel-mac fell off a small stool I carelessly placed it on. Interestingly, pressing the option-key and booting up windows after turning on the power works just fine. Trying to boot up Snow Leopard however won't get me past the loading screen. Also, there's this odd clicking noise every few seconds.
I've tried the following:
Starting up in safe mode -> loading screen
Resetting NVRAM -> loading screen
Booting from the Snow Leopard Install disk -> loading screen
Help!

That odd clicking sound tells me you damaged your Hard Drive when you dropped it. Take it to an Authorized Apple Service Provider.

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