Macbook hard drive fail....I think?

I have a Macbook that when booted just displayed a folder icon. Thru searching I believed the hard drive failed.
80gb drive fails "verify disk" so I ran "repair disk". It says it repairs but always fails again on verify.
So I purchased a new hard drive (500 gb) Installed it and when I tried to partion it it appears as a 3.6 TB drive?????? So I returned the drive and got another only to have the same issue?
Is it the drive? Some other part? Please help?
Thanks!

What is it you need - Windows installer disc or something else? Your question is unclear. Could you be more specific?

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I've been having massing problems with my Macbook Pro 15" 2.53 Ghz laptop. I got one brand new with apple care in December of 2008. The hard drive was the standard 320 Gb @ 5400 RPM.
Within approximately two weeks of operation the computer failed (froze and after a hard shutdown wouldn't boot). It turned out the hard drive failed. Two weeks! So I took it back to Apple and they replaced the hard drive (took them one week so I lost a week of productivity).
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EDIT:
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if i want to upgrade my macbook hard drive what all do i need? just the hard drive? or are there other pieces?
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It was really empty. Clicked on, nothing.
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