Replaced HDD, still not working

Hi. Our MacBook stopped working for no reason. It wouldn't boot up, and just the flashing folder with a question mark appeared. After some searching it seemed like this is a common problem and most likely the HDD had failed. MacBook is 14 months old. Great.
So I bought a new HDD - Seagate Momentus 120GB 7200RPM. Followed the instructions to install it. But the problem persists. The only difference I can tell is that it takes slightly less time for the flashing question-mark folder to appear than it did before.
I have put the OS X install disk into the drive, and held down C during start up, and that makes no difference. Also tried resetting PRAM. No difference. Is there anything else I can do before tossing it in the bin or shelling out $$$?

How strange. HDD's never ever fail do they?? You just had a bit of bad luck, it happens, my brothers HP notebook failed just outside of warranty, motherboard went, nothing you can do about it. HDD's are easily replaceable and can fail easily, Mac or PC irrespective. By buying a Dell laptop you dont reduce the risk of anything going wrong, in fact you probably increase it.
Just a quick note, its unlikely that the new HDD failed right out the box so it maybe something else or it may not have been put in properly.
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