HD crash - any hope?

Today I noticed my computer was running slower than usual, suspiciously so. I decided to run first the apple hardware test, which showed no problems, then I ran disc utility and repaired permissions, and repaired disk, hoping that would help. On startup it continued to run slowly, and then completely froze up. I restarted the computer only to get a big question mark folder, so I popped in the system disk and checked in disk utility. Disk utility can recognize a drive, but it lists as "media" and detects 0kb on it. Same with Boomerang, Data Rescue 2 and Stellar Pheonix. I really would like to restore this drive, it has so much important stuff on it... I'm actually willing to send it to a service if that's what's needed.
My computer is covered under applecare, does apple actually do any kind of data recovery? If they replace the drive, will they give me the old one? I've only had this computer for about 8 months, it's a surprise to have the drive suddenly crash for no reason.
Anyway if any else has gone through this and has any advice, I could use it.
Thanks,
Ben

Well, unfortunately, hard drives can crash at any time, which is why Apple created Time Machine, to make it easy and transparent to have a backup that is up-to-date to within one hour of any failure. I think it was the most important new feature in Leopard. All you need is an external hard drive that is larger than the data to be backed up.
If Disk Utility does not see the volume or identify the drive properly, the drive is probably broken. You could try selecting the drive in the sidebar, and using the Erase tab to reformat the drive, but that would erase your data.
If it is covered by AppleCare, you need to have Apple (or a certified repair shop) take it apart to replace the hard drive. You should ask the Apple Store about their policy for retaining the broken drive. If they insist on keeping the broken drive, you should ask a local independent Apple-certified repair business if their policy is any different.

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