Blue Screen of Death and NIS 2009

The last three days my computer gotten a blue screen of death.  The BSOD has appeared during idle time.  According to the BSOD, an attempt to access the hard drive was stopped.  I have not installed any new software of hardware recently.

 

My PC is a Dell XPS 410.  I called Dell.  They debugged the computer and check the minidumps associated with the BSOD. The Dell tech said NIS 2009 was causing the problem.  I either needed to uninstall and reinstall the NIS 2009 or get a fix from Norton and install that.

 

Will I chatted with a Norton tech.  He was adamant that NIS 2009 was not the problem. While chatting, I ran an internet search on the problem and found users who had experienced similar problems.  The Norton tech then suggested it could be the operating system.  He suggested that I uninstall and reinstall my operating system.  My operating is windows XP Professional with SP 3.

 

I have no idea what to do at this point.  Can anybody shed any light on this problem?  It seems it has been experienced by other Norton users.  Is there a fix for this problem?  Is it or is it not caused by NIS 2009?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.