Installed ok but now my iMac freezes right after startup

Leopard installed (updated from 10.4) ok, I had to restart once during it but it went ok. Once it was installed it froze once, so I rebooted and it seemed to be fine. I ran the software updates and since then when I start it up it gives me the black tinted screen that says I need to restart so hold down my power button.
I looked in the support section and tried to do the first solution listed under 'blue screen' (I assume that's the same as tinted black overlay screen) which was to boot it as a HD onto my laptop and erase a certain file but I didn't have that file. From this posting:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306857
To make matters worse it seems as though my external HD has broken. I'm scared to try option B in the thread above without backing up my files. Has this happen to anyone else out there? I'm a graphic designer and I'm going crazy without my main workstation. I feel like a race car driver without a car.
Any help, any, would be greatly appreciated.
Hopeless in Tampa,
Kurt Cruse

Hi
The screen that tells you to restart in multiple languages, is that what you're referring to? That suggests a kernel panic, see if anything at http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html is helpful.
Steve

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