Powerbook clicking sound being recorded to audio track

I'm trying to record audio cd using internal microphone of my powerbook onto Garageband 08. When I replay the track I am hearing an internal clicking sound, presumably from the guts of the laptop. I have two questions:
First, Is there a way to minimize this?
Second, would using an external microphone stop this completely or would there still be background noise?
Please note it is basic meditation audio cd with no music going to be incorporated
Thank you all

assuming that it really is the hard drive or fan (etc), then a USB mic that you can set a distance away from the machine should help, yes.

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