Trouble starting iBook G4

Hi. I went to use my iBook G4 (running 10.3.x) this morning and when I started it up, it was making a strange buzzing sound. Later it became a squeeling noise. I got the grey screen but the circle under the apple never appeared. The noise only got louder. I ran a hardware check disk and it said I had an error, the message is as follows: 2STF/4/3:ATA-100 ata-6-Master.
I tried to run the System install disk but was never able to run disk utility. The screen only went as far as the initial start up screen. It would not let me click on "Continue" or any of the menu options. However, I could move the window around the screen.
The system software disk would not start up when I put it in, nor could I start up in safe mode.
Am I screwed? Do I need to replace the hard drive? Can anything on there be saved?
I have another computer (running 10.4.6) and Ihave all of the disks for that. Can I try using those?

Hi sturdy,
Welcome to the Discussions.
It sounds like the hard drive is dead. You can try it in an external enclosure and may be able to recover some of the files. Placing it in the freezer (or 200˚F oven) for 20 minutes or so may get it going again. You could also try a data recovery program like Data Rescue.
John

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    com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 1.2.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 2.6.3f4
    com.apple.AMDRadeonX3000 1.2.4
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    com.apple.kext.AMD6000Controller 1.2.4
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    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
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    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91.1
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    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    USB Device: Hub
    USB Device: IR Receiver
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