Mac Book Pro doesn't like my iTunes choices? HD Spinning out of sync

Started my iTunes library and have been loading in over 100+ CD's. Now I have a very loud constand whirring sound, comming from the area just below the power button. If I put pressure on and around the power button compressing the whirring disc, the sound becomes less intense and has also actually ceased, however it does appear again. I'm thinking bad hard drive, but I don't know. The Mac had memory boosted about a month ago, and is a 2008 model.

In every MBP, the hard drive is in one of the front corners under the wrist rest, not back near the power button.
The only moving parts in a MBP that can ever make the kind of noise you describe are the optical drive, the fan(s) and the hard drive. If your optical drive is empty and you're sure the sound originates nearer to the back of the computer than the front, it's a fan.

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