Can't install os x software after I changed the hard drive!

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Hello. I have a problem with my 12" ibook G4 (1.2 GHz, 512MB) which had OS X 10.4.2 Tiger and I really need help!!

I changed the hard drive of my ibook and put a new 100GB Hitachi Travelstar (7200RPM) in it. I think I succeeded on putting the 100GB hard drive and the ibook looks perfectly fine. However, now, I can't install Mac OS X software. The install disc I used is OS X 10.3.7 (Panther). First I put the install disc, then the onscreen instruction comes out and tells me to choose the destination. However, nothing appears on the list and I can't even click "option". So that's where I am now.
I actually got this ibook from my sister. This ibook originally has Panther. But when this ibook was purchased, it had Panther installed yet it came with discs of both Panther and Tiger. So my sister used the disc of Tiger for upgrade. The reason why I used Panther for installation after I put the new hard drive this time is because I thought I wouldn't be able to use the Tiger disc anymore since it was used once before. I'm not sure about it though.

Anyway, I really need help asap! How can I solve this problem??
Any ideas or advices will be appreciated!!
 
During the installation try running Disc Utility and partitioning the disk. It will at least show if the Mac detect it. New hard drives are usually not formatted or formatted for Windows.
 
Yeah I was guessing that I might need to format the hard drive...
But I'm not so sure how...lol
Can you tell me how I can format the new hard drive?
 
Boot form the OSX installation CD/DVD and after the screen asking which language to use you will see a Utilities tab on the toolbar. Slect Disc Utility from the drop down list.

Select the hard disk (if you can see it) and select partition. For 100GB I would suggest two partitions rather than one. When you click the partition button it will partition and format the disk.

Then exit Disk Utility and carry on with the installation.
 
If you had 10.4.2, why go back to 10.3.something? I guess you _do_ have a legitimate copy of Tiger, i.e. an installation DVD. I'd suggest using that one, anyway.
 
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