Worried about clicking noise / HDD head parking too often on new macbook

I bought my macbook a few days ago. Generally it is very quiet, but sometimes when I am not doing much on it I hear these clicking noises from lower right part several times in a row. It is quite audible. How often is it normal for the HDD head to park, and is there a reason why it should do it like 10 times in a row in a short time period?

un-install active protection system drivers.
also, you can try to update first.
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/uk/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_show_4098.html
http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/uk/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_show_4099.html

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