Disk drive suddently died without warning? :(

I've been trying to get Bootcamp to work- I have a MBP so I cant use a usb drive to start it. After burning a disk in an iMac, I put it into my drive.. it made like a whiring sound, then it whined down.. did that two more times, then it spit out my disk. I tested it on the iMac and did work, so the disk isnt bajorked Drive was working fine yesterday..

That actually is very much the nature of optical and hard drives - they very often do not die a slow nor obvious death with plenty of warning. They just flip over and die suddenly, and with little or no warning.
Is the MBP still under warranty or AppleCare by any chance? Your drive would be covered for hardware failure.
If it is out of warranty, take a loot at www.ifixit.com or other self-repair sites - ifixit has SuperDrives for about $150 (late 2008 MBP) and has detailed instructions to replace it yourself).
P,S, you have tested the bad drive with at least one or more other discs though, right? Just to be sure.

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