OS 10.4.7 Disc utillity on old PowerBook HD

My OS 10.4.7 Disc utillity cant delete or format my "old" PB HD
Hi, hope someone can help me.
I got an older PowerBook G4 1Ghz with OS 10.4.7.
When I start on the OS DVD or an extern HD I can´t format or delete my internal HD with this new Disc utillity???
Symbols are marked red...
When I start in OS 10.2.8 and use this versions Disc utillity, I can delete and format my internal HD???
Why is that?
And since I have experienced some troble withe crash on the internal disc and since it is getting to smalle, I will replace it with a new bigger one.
Will I experience the above issue when I do so???
Kind regards Weimar.

Hi Weimar
If the HD is healthy you should not be experiencing
any of these problems. Everything should work fine.
Have you tried repairing the Disk or running Hardware
tests on it? What's it's SMART status?
Matthew Whiting
Hi Matthew,
Ok,
the smart funktion failed.
And I have tryed repair using Disc Utillity and Tech Tool Platinum...
Sometime it seems that the HD is ok, and then when I installe system og other software it do funny stuff...
So I think I will go for a new HD
Thanks for your reply...

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