Unable to replace Harddisk for Macbook

Hi
I am trying to replace my macbook hardisk. here are the steps I followed, but no success
1. reomved battery
2. removed L shaped RAM door
3. pulled harddisk
4. remove the old harddisk from the base
5. plug new harddisk on the base, and push into the slot.
6. put back RAM door and battery
7. put the OS disk to install OS.
I am facing the problem here when i select the utility from the menu, screen appears but i dont see icon for new harddisk, i think the harddisk is not recognised and I am unable to install OS on new drive.
Am i missing any step, Please help!!!
Thanks

You will find the Apple manual for replacing the hard drive here.
After replacement do the following:
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.)
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (only required for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Steps 4-6 are optional but should be used on a drive that has never been formatted before, if the format type is not Mac OS Extended, if the partition scheme has been changed, or if a different operating system (not OS X) has been installed on the drive.

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