Macbook Pro had blue screen of death. Now hard drive wont wake up. HELP! Computer keeps freezing and crashing.

About a month ago, the "beach ball" appeared on my screan. I rebooted the computer only to a blue screen. Was instructed to Safe Boot and repair my files. I got the computer to let me in. My only problem now is, when i open the mac, my hard drive does not make the wake up noise? Im not so computer savey so im not sure what im experiencing. My mac also sees the "beach ball" on occasion followed by it freezing and me having to hard reboot it. What am i experienceing?! Also when computer is booting up, a black screen with white lettering jimbo-jamble appears for a solid 30 seconds to a minute. I am worrying because my macbook was bought refurbished about a year ago, never had ANY problems, and JUST LIKE THAT...i got a world of issues.

My mac also sees the "beach ball" on occasion followed by it freezing
Troubleshoot the spinning beach ball
Also when computer is booting up, a black screen with white lettering jimbo-jamble appears for a solid 30 seconds to a minute.
Kernel Panics? Don't panic too!
"You need to restart your computer" (kernel panic) message appears (Mac OS X v10.5, 10.6)
I dont have a Apple store around me. Nearest is around 5 hours away.
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