Start up disk or recovery disk

with my G5 I need to get a new hard drive since the old one died. to format the new hard drive do I need a start up disk or a recovery disk. Or if I have the OS X 10.4.6 I can install from the os disks?

Hi-
After you install the new drive, boot to the OS X install disc (startup holding "C"). To format the new drive, you use Disk Utility from the Utilities menu, while booted to the OS X install disc. After you have formatted the drive, you can then install OS X from the install disc.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DiskUtility/10.5/en/duh1009.html
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/TigerInstall_SetupGuide.pdf
If you have a cloned backup of the old system drive, you can clone that to the new drive (after formatting the new drive), and your system will be as it was, without the need for reinstall of applications and data.

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