New MBP crashing (beachball) while hard drive makes chirping sound

My 3 week old 15" MacBook Pro crashes at least once a week. I get the beachball and the computer becomes unresponsive to any commands (although the mouse pointer still moves). Meanwhile, the hard drive is making regular chirping sounds. The computer is not being moved so it isn't the motion sensor (unless the sensor is malfunctioning). Only option becomes a hard restart with loss of all unsaved work. Any one else experiencing this problem? Any ideas?

Please can you post the outcome of your visit to the Apple store. My MBP does this every now and then, and I think it is the motion sensor. I usually wait the chirping out - it can go on for quite a while but does stop eventually. I haven't been able to get to an Apple store so would be interested what you are told. I think it is the 7200 500Gb drive.. seems some had issues.
Thanks
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