Formatting a HD in OS X10.6?

Whats the best way of using OS X to format a 1TB drive in Snow leopard?
I dont really want to use any 3rd party software, but Windows has a dedicated format menu that you click which i can't find on OS X?
I have a 1TB drive I used with windows (and shared on a mac) i think as NTFS, but now would lie to re-format especially for Mac OS X and start a fresh?

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Run Repair Disk.
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Go to the options button and ensure that the partition scheme is GUID and the file system to Mac OS Extended (Journalled).
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The new volume(s) will appear below the highlighted drive.

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