Internal Hard drive start up problems scince installing a new one

Hi All,
I had installed a new WD Green hard drive in my intel 17" iMac.
I set up via Leopard the installation process and all went well (Disk utilities, partition etc).
When I was initially installing applications/upgrades and restarting the computer (not powering off) the system was running well.
So, I powered off and when I came back to the iMac and powered on, I came to a grey screen which showed a folder icon with a question mark in it. It did not recognise my new hard drive.
I went back to the installation disk and pressed the 'C' key and went to disk utilities. It recognised the hard drive and the installed system, and when restarted it booted back into the Leopard OS. I thought all was fixed. I powered off again and the same gray screen and icon came back. (I had previously set via System preferences the start up disk etc).
I reinstalled my original hard drive and powering off and on is not a problem-it booted straight back into Leopard.
Any clues what is going on?
Many Thanks Fred.

I wrote to WD with my WD HDD Model and serial number:
'Is this hard drive bootable with my iMac 17" Intel'?
Reply today:
Thank you for contacting Western Digital Customer Service and Support. My name is Joel O.
I truly apologize that you are having problems with your product. The drive is bootable if you set it up in that way, but try this:
1- Go to ''Finder'' and click on the option ''Go''.
2- Click on ''Utilities''.
3- Click on ''Disk utility''.On that window take a look to see if the drive is listed
4- Click on the drive ( it will appear twice, select the one that shows the capacity)
5- Click on ''First Aid''.
6- Select ''Repair Disk''
I hope that we have met your expectations today and that you are satisfied with our service. If you have any further questions, please reply to this email and we will be happy to assist you further.
Sincerely,
Joel O
Western Digital Service and Support
http://support.wdc.com
There you go; I did all of that, but as a previous responder suggested keep at it - I will just carry on.
Message was edited by: fred4321

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