Plase help :( Imac trash noise. It makes noises similar to trashing a file.

I have a 20" imac w/ 1.8 processor and a gig of ram.
My imac keeps making this noise, similar to trashing a file, but the sound is continuous and DOES NOT stop unless I reboot. And most of the time, when i reboot during that time, it wont recognize the harddrive. Itll restart with a folder with a blinking question mark.
if i dont reboot, sooner or later, the system will crash.
the sound is NOT the fan. Nor is it a sound that suggest that the hardrive is spinning. it LITERRALLY sounds like the trash sound, but continuous and will not stop. Ive never seen anything like this. Please help
Thank you in advance.

Welcome Clockwurk;
I suggest you boot from the Additional Software disk that came with your iMac and run Hardware Test. It should tell you if there is anything wrong. When you run the test, your fans will ramp up to warp speed, but that's normal. Before you do that, make sure that you back up the contents of your drive to an external disk.
Please let us know your results,
Miriam

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