Any idea what this could be?

I apologize, as I'm sure this is going to be VERY hard to put into words what is going on.
I have a white Macbook. You know how when you open it and it's already on, it makes that little whirring sound? That happened as usual. Then I started going online and noticed that whatever sound it usually makes when I start doing something (the fan? a hard drive? I'm sorry, I don't know!) that it didn't sound normal and it sounded really labored, like it was an inconsistent sound and it sounded louder. I shut my Macbook to do something, then opened it again and it made that 'you just opened me' whirring sound, then the screen wouldn't come on. Then the screen came on and I breathed a sigh of relief, figured I'd worry about it when I got home from work and didn't shut it again.
It seems to be working fine, but something seems 'off'. I just went to open Photoshop CS3, a fairly large program that usually starts that sound and hear nothing! And now the program isn't opening at all. So I'm wondering, is that sound usually the hard drive or is it a fan?? I'm def. going to buy a hard drive today to back everything up, but I'm really worried something is wrong with my computer.
Any ideas? And again, I know this is really hard to explain sounds over the internet, so hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about.

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