Macbook hardisk ticking, is my hardisk almost dead?

I have an Alu Unibody Macbook..
Been taking good care of it over the past 3-4 months..Yesterday I had the lid closed and it was sleeping..I lifted the lid and I got the rainbow wheel..My hardisk then began to tick loudly until it stopped. I closed the lid and opened it again to no result...
I rebooted my mac and I got the question mark folder.
I looked around on forums and I know this is associated with the mac not finding a hardisk to boot from(..yey..). Anyway, I rebooted and everything seemed normal now - after asking in other forums i was told to boot with the install disk holding D, then holding C. I did the diagnose and I repaired the hardisk and everything was OK according to the tests and repairs.
None-the-less, what happened was extremly odd..I should I prepare myself for future hardisk failure? This can't be normal..

Sorry, I put this in the wrong category - I'll mark it as answered, I put it in the other macbook category.

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