HDD noise when MacBook moved

I have a new 15" MBP (SD) with stock 250GB drive. I noticed that when I picked up the computer to move it, I heard the hard drive make a chirp/sound. I know you shouldn't be moving the computer when in use, but it's one of those things where you move it to the table or off of you and place it down.
So I tried it while just at the desktop, and I heard the sound. My 17" (2 years old) wouldn't make any sounds during such movement, so I was wondering if this is normal. On startup, I sometimes hear a chirp/sound that seems louder than anything I would have heard on my 17".
I'm not too worried as I'm not having any problems, and I'm thinking about upgrading to a 7200 RPM drive in the Fall.
Any thoughts on the sound would be great.
Also, would putting a 7200 RPM drive in the Mac make the computer significantly hotter, or require the fan to run faster/more often? I only have one fan, so if the additional speed of the drive would cause greater heat, I don't want to have to deal with fan issues. I want to keep my computer nice and quiet as it is.
Thanks,
Bryan

I wouldn't worry about it unless it starts making noise when it is sitting stationary.
As far as a 7200RPM drive, I recently put a Seagate 500GB 7200RPM drive in my MBP. It runs as cool and quiet as my stock drive did.
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