Installation cannot find a disk to install on

Hello,
Very short version of the problem:
*Tiger installation does not detect any harddrive to install to*
Full story:
Yesterday I bought my very first iMac. It's a 20" wirh 2Gb ram and 300Gb disk.
It was preinstalled with Tiger. I did the updrade to Leopard mself. No problems there.
Then I treid to install Windows using bootcamp.
Since then, a lot of problems.
The system will not start anymore.
So, since this is a fresh system, I have no problem starting all over again.
I can't directly start with Leopard since they are only upgrade disks, so have to install Tiger first.
When I have the install-1 Tiger disk in the CD and start the system, the upgrade
starts.
*But at a certain point it shows the box with available Harddrives to install to.*
*That box is empty on my screen !!!!*
*This is the problem: The apple cannot find my harddrive anymore.*
does anybody have a clue what to do now?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bert Catsburg

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, the menu bar is at the screen's top. Good computing.
FWIW, these might be helpful:
Switching from Windows to Mac OS X,
Basic Tutorials on using a Mac,
MacFixIt Tutorials, and
MacTips Learning Centre.
Additionally, *Texas Mac Man* recommends:
Quick Assist.
Welcome to the Switch To A Mac Guides, and
A guide for switching to a Mac.

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