HELP. new hard drive not recognized

HELP!
guys, i badly need your help. i've been searching all over the internet and reading so many user groups already to search for answers to no avail.
I bought a new Western Digital 160GB Scorpio SATA hard drive. I wanted to upgrade my Macbook which only has 80GB as of now.
I cannot seem to install Mac OS X on it. Here's the problem:
1. it is recognized as "Media" with 0 bytes capacity which I am really surprised why it's like that
2. PARTITION: partition fails and i receive an error message saying that the "Device is not configured"
3. ERASING: i also tried erasing it but it also fails; the message reads "The selected disk does not have enough capacity"
i really don't know what seems to be the problem. i can't use it, can't even format it, not partition it.
so now it's just sitting on my desk, useless. i want to use it badly though.
can someone help me please? thanks.

Hi Paoj
You don't say if you have found that the new HD is Fat32 or not, so I will proceed assuming that it is FAT32. I will also proceed on the basis that there was nothing on the new drive already that you needed to keep or can't download.
1) Open Disk Utility.
2) Select your External Drive from the list presented
3) Select the 'ERASE' tab then the "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" option in the 'Volume Format:' box. In the box below, give the drive a name if you want to.
No need to bother with the 'Options' button etc.
4) Select "ERASE'
This should rewrite your new drive in HFS+ (Journaled) format.
Assuming the above has worked for you -
The next step is optional, but careful consideration is recommended at this point in time because one can't change one's mind, say, months later.
1) Still in Disk Utility, select the 'PARTITION' tab.
2) Under 'Volume Scheme:" choose however many partitions (extra hard drives) you consider appropriate.
For instance, I have an 500gb External Drive partitioned into two drives of about half that size. One I have for expansion and has a bootable version of Panther on it. The other is my backup drive.

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