[SamG7777]

Hi,

i bought a new macbook today which was working fine out the box. I then upgraded the harddisk to a 160gb hitachi SATA but whilst reinstalling MAC OS X on to this drive, as soon as i reach the Select a destination screen their are no options.

Although it appears it is not recogning the hard drive, when i go into the disk utility my new hitachi is listed and their appears to be no problems with it.

Anyone have a clue where i'm going wrong? i'm clueless

Please Help!!!! it's my first mac.

[ibook_steve]

Did you format the drive in Disk Utility? Click the Erase tab and format it.

Steve

[Gamoe]

Do as Steve recommends and then get back to us.

There's a chance that it's not getting recognized by the installer because it's not in a recognized format for the installer. If so, formatting/erasing via Disk Utility should make it visible to the installer. You'll want to make sure "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" is selected when you do so.

[SamG7777]

that's done it, thank you so much, i should have thought of it.

by the way, quick question, when i removed the hard disk i accidently ripped the orange tape that is next to the first ram slot, this isn't likely to cause a problem is it?

and again, thank you very much steve & Gabriel