Trying to Reinstall AFTER a crash

my computer froze for about 1 hour i had to restart then i got the folder w/? , shut it back down ran disk worrier three time's then it still starts w/ the ? on the folder then after 25 min it finally gets to my desk top but very slow, everything i do is very slow, i tried Disk Utility to fix it but it say's that it can! i even tried to reinstall tiger and my hard drive isn't there. help?

Hi Ihatespam;
RATS! This is begining to sound like one of those "out of the pan and into the fire" type problems.
The more information you give me the worst it sounds. Do you have any of your data backed up? It is starting to sound more and more like serious hard drive problems. I have only heard of Disk Warrior failling when the hard drive was no good.
For your sake I hope I am wrong and someone else might come with another idea for you. Right now I have exhausted all of my ideas.
Allan

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