How do i set up my mac after a hard drive replacmemt

how do i set up my mac book pro after replacing the harddrive

Well if your machine came with Lion, your going to have to copy someone's Lion Recovery Partition to a USB thumb drive.
If your machine came with or was upgraded to Snow Leopard then your going to have to follow the
Restoring OS X - 10.6 "fresh install method"
Everything for either methods is here, including formatting your new drive:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201

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Plug the external drive into a computer by usb or whatever box you have available..
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