*UPDATE*

OK, I tried running the scan to see if there were any errors on the DVD. It came back with the message "everything looks ok" then it tried to continue booting. Then it gave me the following errors:

'/sbin/modprobe' abnormal exit
'/sbin/modprobe' failed X 4
'/bin/sh' failed X 8
'lib/udev/usb_id' failed
'lib/udev/path_id' failed

then it hung again.

Please! Someone help me remove the bain of Microsoft from my life...