Intermittent Hard Drive Noise (crackling) Only While Surfing the Web

Any thoughts on this? It's just an annoying sound, crackling every 30 seconds at most, sometimes every few minutes. I've got a 200GB 7200 Hitachi HTS722020K9SA00 Revision DC4AC77A.
Thanks for your help!

It is always wise to worry about any unusual noise from a hard drive. Do back up your data and keep it backed up, just in case.
If you want a more detailed look into your hard drive, you can download S.M.A.R.T. Utility and run it several times for free:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32454
This may be nothing more than a normal if annoying sound. You might want to talk to Hitachi about it to see if it is a known issue with that drive and if they have any suggestions for eliminating the noise.
Good luck!

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