Hard drive constantly reading Imac

I have an imac 24inch (early 2008 model) and have had it repaired once for ram failure and 6 months later there is a sudden juddering sound coming from the hard drive.
Basically even when not in use the hard drive seems to be reading itself constantly. Something which i am worried about.
I have verified disk permissions, repaired disk etc and nothing. I have also run the Tech Tool Deluxe software which claims everything is in order.
I was wondering if this problem is worth contacting apple towards or is it completely not serious.
Oh and i also have apple care should this problem need fixing.
Thanks
Justin.
Message was edited by: BandBrothers

Your welcome!
Go up to the top of the Activity Monitor window and make sure that "All Processes" is selected in the box and then look at the open Process. The one(s) that are showing numbers in the list below the % sing are the one(s) currently working.
It may or may not be dyeing, but there is nothing you can do for a noisy HD except have it replaced.
+Example: the original 160GB Seagate Barracuda that came in my Early Core Duo was a little noisy from day one, but it still refuses to die. For size reasons more than noise, I removed it from my iMac and put it into an External hard drive enclosure to use as a bootable clone drive.+
Please post back and let us know what Apple Care has to say?

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