Macbook making clicking whirring sounds

my macbook pro 13 inch 2010 suddenly started making a clicking, whirring sound, as though something that spins inside the case was clapping up against something that does not - the only thing i could think of was the hard drive - was not the CD - tried putting one in and taking it out - all the while the clicking, whirring sounds ensued - restarted the computer and now i hear a very dim clicking sound from time to time, but have yet to recreate the issue. Am a it worried. Anybody have any ideas?

Hi Alexander,
Until you can make a free appointment with an Apple Store "genius" bar, or take the machine in to an AASP, you can at least compare it to known bad HD sounds:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2354
http://datacent.com/hard_drive_sounds.php
You can also run Apple Hardware Test and see if it turns up anything: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509

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