The "Question Mark" when I switch on....

OK. I'm new to this so here goes. I recently switched on my MacBook and heard a clicking sound. I then saw the dredded question mark which I know means that my hard drive is shot to pieces. (Luckly I've backed everything up) My question is; before when the same thing happened it was still, now the question mark is flashing and I can hear a clicking sound...? Can anyone shed any light on the subject?
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Just to update:
I did reintstall my original disc. It's still in the macbook. I didn't get any live link that says 'repair disc'. It looks like my HD is renamed MATSHITADVD! ***? Everything was greyed out that I wanted to use for repairing. I went into the menu and saw the "images' then to a "checksumming' link. So now I click this checksumming and it has been doing something for 10 minutes.
My desktop is empty, only the blue screen and the Disk Install menu.
*fingers crossed*

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