How do I know if my drive is dead?

I have a pioneer dvr-112D and it has stopped reading/writing CD-R, writing DVD. It can only read dvd.
It trys to spin the cds but then ejects the disc.
How do I know if it's completely dead?
Thanks guys

Hi-
The Archive and Install, is a reinstall of your OS without loosing your user items (no reformatting of the hard drive).
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
If you do so, make sure you select "preserve user settings".
One more question- did the drive work BEFORE the update to 10.4.9? The reason why I ask, is there were many problems, of all kinds, but many related to sudden "death" of combo drives, al occurring after the 10.4.9 update.
The solutions were-
1- Reinstall (Archive and Install) of the OS X, then update from "Combo" updates downloaded from Apple download site;
2- Reapply the update only (no reinstall of the OS X), using the Combo updater downloaded from the Apple download site;
3- Downgrading, or, moving back to 10.4.8, or the last version of the OS X before the problem occurred.
Without doing the A&I, you could try the reapplication of the update:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1049comboupdateppc.html
There is also a new update, 10.4.10, which is supposed to have fixed some of 10.4.9's problems:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosx10410updateppc. html
When updating, it is best to do so from a downloaded copy- not by automatic update.
Recommended update proceedure, after downloading the update:
1-Repair hard drive and permissions (using Disk Utility)
2-Clean caches and log files (use Cocktail, Tiger Cache Cleaner, or manually with Terminal)
3-Restart, and boot in Safe Mode (hold Shift key on startup, until spinning gear appears)
4-Run the Update only, with no other applications open
If the drive had problems before the 10.4.9 update, it may be safe to assume the demise of the drive (unlucky).
G4AGP(450)Sawtooth, 2ghz PowerLogix, 2gbRAM, 300gbSATA+160gbATA, ATI Radeon 9800 Mac OS X (10.4.8) Pioneer DVR-109, ExtHD 160gb x2, 23"Cinema Display, Ratoc USB2.0, Nikon Coolscan

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