Is my hard drive fried?

I tried to install windows via bootcamp and it appears that my entire hard drive was destroyed. In disk utility, my hard drive shows up as media and it has zero bytes.
sh-3.2# fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 0/4/63 [0 sectors]
Signature: 0x0
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
2: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
3: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused
This is what sdisk utility shows me
Disk Description : Media
Total Capacity : 0 Bytes
Connection Bus : SATA
Write Status : Read/Write
Connection Type : Internal
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Partition Map Scheme : Unformatted
i cannot format it, all options are grayed out.
Please help....

Hi again, hp. You're a prudent and lucky fella.
Apple will be more than happy to take your money for a new drive and its installation, but it's likely to cost you three times as much as buying a drive and installing it yourself.
The first seven items on this page are drives you could use:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH &Description=2.5ide+harddrive
Good illustrated instructions for removing the existing drive and installing its replacement can be found here (you'll have to pick your Powerbook model correctly from those shown on this page):
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Browse/PowerBook
Read through the instructions a couple of times and see what you think about the likelihood that you can get the job done yourself. Many thousands of people who have never had any computer repair experience have used iFixit's instructions successfully to fix or upgrade their machines, but only you know your comfort zone. Good luck!
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