Can't install mountain lion onto new hard drive after old one had to be replaced

My macbook pro, purchased 12/11, had a faulty hard drive.  We thankfully were still under warranty and had it replaced.  I then accessed the old drive via USB connector to reinstall my pictures and some file folders and apps to the new hard drive.  Now I am trying to reinstall the mountain lion update, and it says I can't install the the hard drive that appears as a choice as I use it for time machine backups?  Also, when the laptop tries to do a time machine backup, that stalls out as it says the hard drive is on the do not back up list, which incidentally won't let me select it to take it off of the do not back up list.  Help!!!

Have you followed these instructions, specifically formatting your new HDD?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph11273
Ciao.

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