What would cause the finder to (not respond)?

I'm trying to figure out why I keep getting a spinning wheel and finder not responding. When it began I had several programs open, after closing everything its stil spinning. This has happened before and is only solved by a reset. When I force quit finder it will not reopen until machine is reset. I'm wondering if this may be a sign of something wrong or soon to be wrong.

Dave B.
Thanks for responding. This is what I'm working with.
Hardware Overview:
Model Identifier:          iMac8,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          3.06 GHz
Memory:          4 GB
Hard Drive Capacity 639.79 GB
Available 147.81 GB
I also have some(4) external hard drives connected. I figured it may be from that.

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