laptop has gone all Nazi on me

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posting from safe mode rn

so very occasionally over the last year or so, my laptop will starting making this little noise, like a click and mini bit of whirring and when it does this, the computer basically stops working/freezes (can still move the mouse/"navigate" mostly but nothing responds. It first happened when I opened Photoshop one day and the computer would freeze, I'd hold the power switch, let it come back on, load Photoshop again and same result etc. So I simply stopped using PS) pretty annoying but with it only happening occasionally, I kind of turned a blind eye.

So fast forward to last night and I figured I'd illegally download Football Manager 2012, install, mount etc yadda yadda and now the computer is doing the above schtick but all the time. Like I can boot the comp, browse the internet or play music or even just navigate Windows etc for a few minutes before the click/whirring gimmick starts and makes the whole thing pretty much unusable. Uninstalled FM and Daemon Tools Lite and yet it persists. Working fine in safe mode tho (have no system recovery points ) but I want some bastard sound and my proper resolution. Help mah.