Loud noise when startup, think it is my HDD.

[lavablade02]

It sounds like a vacuum in the other room. Will post a video later of the noise, took a video but my phone died.

 

It could be fans or something else, but I'm worried about it being the HDD because windows was very unresponsive when it booted.

 

Edit: Chrome just went unresponsive for about 20 seconds when watching the stream from today's vod and uninstalling a program.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Try stopping the fans to see if the noise stops.

 

What does the smart data say about the drive?

[XR6]

If Windows is unresponsive on boot and it sounds really loud then I'm 50% sure it's failing. Back up your data to an external HDD and get a new HDD. 

But first you should follow @Electronics Wizardy's advice. 

[lavablade02]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Try stopping the fans to see if the noise stops.

 

What does the smart data say about the drive?

Dont have smart, is there a free version of it?

[Spotty]

2 minutes ago, lavablade02 said:

Dont have smart, is there a free version of it?

CrystalDiskInfo64 is pretty easy to use. https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

[lavablade02]

43 minutes ago, 1kv said:

If Windows is unresponsive on boot and it sounds really loud then I'm 50% sure it's failing. Back up your data to an external HDD and get a new HDD. 

But first you should follow @Electronics Wizardy's advice. 

I just primed a new drive. Mine is old and reasonably slow to begin with (vs a barracuda) and it will help with an ssd migration I believe

 

edit: it was a case fan spinning super fast