Further development with the hard drive saga.
Now, any slight movement of the computer - obviously with it switched on and lid open - results in a "quietish" vibration type noise.
Like you said Virtual1, "Dealing with problem hard drives is an Art."
Any further observations, rather than me jumping to, possibly unlikely, conclusions.
Is my "on order" Disk Warrior going to be able to sort this out. frown
Look forward to any comments. Thanks again. Regards. Mike