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To eliminate the hard drive from the problem, I'd remove it and use an external enclosure or adapter and check it out with Disk Utilities.

Here's the adapter:  http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/U2NV2SPATA/

Here's an enclosure:  http://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/Firewire-SATA-Hard-Drive-Enclosure/IF107-055

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