Macmini won't reboot

It's been about 8 years since I had any comparable problem(with a strawberry iMac), but I know this can't be good.
I just came home from work to find the screen of my pre Intel mac mini with a black screen, but a still active cursor.I tried to restart, but after the gray spinner,and the white box with the blue progress bar, the computer never goes beyond a blue screen. I can hear noise in the hard drive, but not quite the same. I left it off to cool down(it can't hurt I guess) and will try again later.
I suspect I am going to be restarting from a system disc(I can't remember what is on here) and trying Disk First Aid(or whatever it's called now). I also remember in the past zapping PRAM(don't remember how) and finally when nothing else works, using a typed in machine code line(?) that let me deeper into the machine(it was recommended by an Apple tech).
In the case that it is a bad system folder, what is the likelihood I could hook the mini to another laptop and take the files from the mini? I don't think there is anything critical not backed up, as this is really for music, entertainment, and for the kids(they have not used it since the other day, and it worked last night).
Any help is greatly appreciated!
PS Can I use the Snow Leopard install disc to start and repair?
PPS Is there any likelihood this is virus related( I have a number of torrents downloads on it)?

Welcome to the Apple discussions.
Find your original OS X disks that came with your system, insert the first one (It will say 'AHT Version x.x in small print on the label), and reboot holding the alt/loption key down. Choose the Apple hardware test, and when prompted, choose the extended test. Does this point out any hardware issues?
After you run the Apple hardware test, or before if you want, you can reboot holding the C key down, which will cause the system to boot from the OS X disk. When the menu bar is available, from Utilities choose Disk Utility, and do both repair permissions and repair disk on your internal hard drive. Does repair disk finish without any errors?
There are no known virus's impacting macs, however there are a couple of Trojan Horses that require you to download and run. What you've described doesn't sound like a Trojan Horse issue. I use ClamXav to scan incoming mail and downloads, which is available at http://www.clamxav.com .

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