Disk error after hibernation

[barnei]

My girlfriend's laptop has just been formatted by school to remove the licensed school software.

So on a fresh windows xp install all we have done is:

set up the wireless internet connection.
update norton internet security
and then to keep norton happy run a full system scan.

during the scan i accidently closed the lid and the pc went into hibernation.
On reboot I get a

"Disk error
Press any key to restart"

*press space bar*

"Reboot and Select proper Boot device
or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key"

Was this caused by hibernating on a virus scan?
Is my only option to recover/ reformat using recvery disk?

 

[barnei]

The HDD is set to second in boot priority after cd/dvd
Its connected as the Third IDE Master
And i assume the bios recognises it because it can tell its a hitatchi.

Looks like its recovery console time


EDIT: Typical asus recovery disk doesn't give you the option to use the recovery console. Have to try and dig out a another recovery disk from somewhere.