Installed New Hard Drive in Mac Book

Please help.
I installed a new Hard Drive in my Mac Book as my old one is bad. I am trying to install Leopard. I have reached the screen to select a destination and there is nothing I can pick from in the window.
Can someone help with the next step, please.

Hi Sumo,
Have you already formatted your new hard drive using Disk Utility? Be sure to format as Mac OS Extended as you'll be fine. That may be why you're not able to pick a drive to install Leopard.
After formatting the drive then you should be able to progress to installing Leopard onto the drive. From there just follow the directions.
Good luck.

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