My goodness was defragging really that mechanically loud or is this exaggerated for effect?

For such a long time (as in, well into the tail end of Windows XP) I was stuck with an old Pentium computer that could handle Windows 98SE at most. Had maybe 2GB of HDD to work with which sounded luxurious to me until my father was issued a 4GB flash drive at work. I defragged this every first Sunday of the month to keep things running smooth. Ofc the effect might as well be purely psychological but hey, as I said it did last me a long time.

The mechanical sounds I remember are finer, not like pop snoring no? :)