Failing MB Drive? Please HELP!

I would very much appreciate any help that anyone can give on this issue.
Apparently, my MacBook2,1   Intel Core 2 Duo  2.16 GHz, 1GB memory, 149.05 GB drive, Black case  running: OS 10.6.8 is not able to recognize the internal drive. It went to “sleep” normally and froze when the user tried to wake it up. Flashing Grey Folder with Question Mark is visible.
I can hear and feel the internal drives seeking. Nothing I’ve Tried Works, which makes me think that the internal drive has failed. 
Have tried:
• Unconditional reboot: CTRL-CMD-POWER
• Forced Internal Drive Boot: Held down “D” key while starting to force internal hard drive to be the boot drive.
• Zapped PRAM: CMD-OPT-P-R
• Firewire target drive mode: Held T key down with Fire wire 400 connected to my MB Pro.
• Cleared NV RAM: CMD-OPT-N-V
• Reset the SMC (System Management Controller) by disconnecting,  removing battery and holding power button for 5 seconds.
• Boot from CD: In order to boot from original Leopard CD: 1) Started with “C” key down  as well as by 2) pressing: CMD-OPT-SHIFT-DELETE. Also inserted the Snow Leopard CD. Nothing!
Choose Volume: As far as I know, I do not have a firmware password. Yet, when pressing Option key at startup a closed padlock appears instead of a volume to choose. Entering my computer password yields a grey screen and nothing more.
All of the above result in either a grey screen or the same flashing grey folder with a question mark.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
I would like to avoid having to pay some Apple “genius” $100 to get the info off this drive.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Tek

Thanks so much, frederic1943 for that case link. I suppose one should have one of those regardless. 
I have not done any tinkering with the innards of a Mac for  quite a while. It is time! I don’t like the fact that the machines, given the cost—at least the mechanical parts— only last a max of 3-5 yrs. I’ve had a couple of drives go bad in the past and had a Mac “genius” tell me the computers—just out of warrantee—were “doorstops.” lol
Now that the SSD drives are out, I shall try to repair those old “doorstops.”  I love things that last “forever.”

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