Stuck files in trash bin and noisy internal harddrive (2tb)

i have a few questions
1 i have recently other month had a 2tb internal hard drive in which is a western digital green and it seems to b makimg a annoying noise and cant work in harmony
& the other things is i have two files that are stuck in the trash bin n cant come out
iv also been recomended that my apple mac should always have aple parts in it
cheers
Andrew from lancashire ( Darwen ) england

right click on the file or folder which is locked and you have an option (get info) select this and you have an option to unlock in that page, unlock all the files and then try to empty the trash it works.
Kiran

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