new hd not recognized needs os x installed

thissguy

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i got a seagate 500gig sata hd and installed it.
on startup the mac defaulted to the windows xp since the hd with leopard was taken out. the new hd is not seen in "my computer", but is seen under manager > disk management.
when i tried to restart (boot from leopard disk in cd via the C key) nothing happened.
when i put in the faulty hd , it recognized the apple os but i could do nothing with the setup assistant nor get to utility to format new hd it kicked out the leopard disk and would not allow me to transfer any files at all (hence a bad hard drive)
i'm clearly missing something ie steps to get this thing going again ( a new hd and the os to put on it)
any words of wisdom on how to? I would greatly appreciate it!!!!!!!!!!! !
 
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