Macbook HDD died?

So I was working normally like always and my Macbook froze all of a sudden. When I powered it off and back on, I got the white/grey screen with the Apple, but it wouldn't move from there. So I tried it again and then I got a grey folder with a question mark. So then I tried it one more time and all I get is the white/grey screen. I restarted once more holding down th C button and the grey folder w/ question mark comes up. But that all that happens, nothing more. Anyone have any clue as to whats wrong or how I could possibly retrieve my files? Thanks!

When you restarted while holding the "C" key down, did you have your Leopard disc in the MacBook? The "C" tells the mac to boot from CD. If you didn't, then do so, and run Disk Utility from the Leopard disc. If you can see the hard drive, then maybe run a repair permissions on it. If you can't see the drive, then yes it may be shot.

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