New HD won't mount?

I recently installed a Seagate 160GB hard drive but it won't mount. It is set as a slave and is recognized by the system profiler. How do I format/initialize this drive in disk utility?

Timmer, welcome, first go to Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and double click the Disk Utility icon. Select the drive to be formatted in the left hand column of the Disk Utility window. Now select erase from the upper menu and click the Erase button below. Then select Partition from the upper menu, you can create as make as many partitions as you like or keep just the one, now name the HD. Then format the drive to Mac OS Extended (journaled) and click the Partition button below. Now select First Aid from the upper menu and run Verify and Repair, then repair Permissions. Now you should be able perform your installations. Repair Permissions again. Good Luck.
Joe
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