How can I get ANY power on my battery which has clearly died?

I have seem to have used all the battery life in my macbook but I can't even get power when I'm plugged into the socket. Does this mean my battery has died only or does it mean my laptop is never going to start up again? Please help. I have work unfinished and urgently need it to be.

Your Magsafe adapter may have died, also; I had to replace mine after 3 years or so - the darn thing ripped in half on me!
If you can, try another Magsafe adapter. You should be able to bring the computer to an Apple store and have them check out the hardware if you don't have a spare adapter handy. Make sure you make an appointment with the Genius Bar or you may be waiting for a long time!
Your hard drive should be OK if the only issue you're having is the computer refusing to power on at all. It's very easy to remove the hard drive in a MacBook (guide here, if you're interested; that's a guide for the non-unibody MacBooks but that website has a guide for all models), and you can either pop it into an external enclosure or use a SATA to USB adapter (like this) to hook it up to your new computer so you can retrieve the data.
Best of luck!
~Lyssa

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