Installing OS X on New HD without Restoring from an Old HD

Greetings.
I have a Macbook Pro 13" Mid 2012 with Intel Core i7 2.9gHz.
I am replacing my actual HD for security reasons, and I want to have its data delete. So I do not want to recover it from a new install.
My Macbook did not come with a Installation DVD.
So now thats is my problem. I bought this "New HD": http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD7500BPKX/
And I want to install it from the beggining, without copying any data/files from my "Old HD".
I want it all new. How can I do that without the Installation DVD?
I am looking forward to hear help.
Thank you very much in advance.
Best regards to all of you friends!

If you want to stay with OS X Mavericks, BobRz's suggestion is a good way to go. However, if you don't have an external drive enclosure I would suggest you back up your existing HDD with Time Machine and an external drive or use Disk Utility Restore to clone both your Macintosh HD and its Recovery HD to an external drive.
You can also install your new drive then restart holding the Command+Option+R keys to start Internet Recovery until you see a spinning globe. This will load Apple's Recovery HD and allow you to use Disk Utility to initialize your new drive then reinstall the version of OS X that came preinstalled. After Setup, you can launch the App Store and download/install OS X Mavericks.

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