My MacBook Pro makes a lot of hard drive noise

My MacBook Pro 2007 makes a lot of loud noise, I think it's the hard drive. However, OS X is still able to boot up. Please tell me if there is any solution.Thanks in advance!

Make certain that you have your data backed up. Open Disk Utility>First Aid and run Verify and Repair. Consider installing a replacement HDD since HDDs can fail very quickly with out warning. Installation instruction videos are available on the OWC web site.
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