Spinning noise when starting up

When I start up my MacBook, or take it out of Sleep mode, I hear a sound that is similar to the CD player spinning. Is this normal?
On a side note, how far in should I be putting a CD before it catches? I have been finding myself putting the CDs in rather far before they are "caught" by the computer. Ideas?

if you hear it for about 2-3 seconds and it kind of like an r2-d2 kind of sound then its normal

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Take it in for testing/diagnosis.
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See if you can boot into Safe Mode, Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode. If that's successful reboot normally. If the Safe Mode fails boot into the Recovery HD by holding down the Command+R keys. When in the recovery partiton run Disk Utility to repair permissions and the disk. If you still can't boot and log in you may have to go back to the Recovery HD and reinstall the system as described here:
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When I start some application my cpu is making noise. Is this because of powernowd.
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Weird noise when starting up Macbook Pro

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When i start up my MBP, I hear a weird noise that wasn't there before. It sounds like a CD changer changing CD's. I checked and there is no CD in the CD drive. I don't know if it is an HD problem or the CD drive problem. I ran a hardware test and there were no problems found. Here is a video of the noise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKbdVHzsNc
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seannlim wrote:
The rep said it was normal? Apple support said it wasn't so hopefully they will swap it for a Hitachi. Hitachi drives don't make that noise right?
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chintupintu wrote:
please help me . when my macboo pro 13 inch starts some noise appears . is it normal..?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_marine_insurance

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