Satellite A300 weird noise for 1-2 seconds

From time to time, once a week or twice, my laptop makes a strange noise, a short for like 1-2 second as a scratch or programs that kill the virus.
I don't know how to explain it exactly the noise but it's strange, Ju.

I noticed that it seems that when I use programs like first or photoshop, but not necesarly. Was that someone had this problem?
I don't know what to do and I'm a little worried. I bought this laptop 8 months ago.

Thank you.

Hello!

I had a similar problem a few months ago and this was the HARD drive and I know it's strange to explain this s sound.

But before you swap the HARD drive, you must make sure if it s HARD drive or not. You can test the drive with Drive Fitness Test.
http://www.HitachiGST.com/HDD/support/download.htm#DFT
Download the CD image, burn it to a CD and boot from it. You can then the HARD drive.
On the same site is a user's guide if you want to know more.

Good luck and we give a result after the test.

Good bye

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