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Actual dinging like a bell goes "ding" or clicking noises? Is it a regular "ding" like ding-ding-ding-ding or random like dingding---ding-ding-dingitydingding-----ding?
Can you boot from a boot disk and access the HDD in question?
3 years is right at the end of average HDD life for me. I kill one in about 2-3 years. It sounds like the platters are not spinning for some reason. Check the connection though it could be loose. Try to access your drive by booting from something else and back up your data if you can. Methinks a new HDD is in your future.
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