Populating a table sequentially

I have a column within a table which is already truncated/deleted (Microsoft SQL 2008). I have to now populate the column with sequential numbers up to 50,000 records arbitrary numbers (doesn't mater) up to 7 characters.
Can any one help as to what SQL statement I need to write that will automatically polulate the newly empty table with A000001,A0000002,A0000003, etc so that I can sort number the records within the table.
I have approximately 50000 records which I need to sequentially entered and I really dont want to number the column manually via hand editing.
Thanks in advance

Please follow basic Netiquette and post the DDL we need to answer this. Follow industry and ANSI/ISO standards in your data. You should follow ISO-11179 rules for naming data elements. You should follow ISO-8601 rules for displaying temporal data. We need
to know the data types, keys and constraints on the table. Avoid dialect in favor of ANSI/ISO Standard SQL.
And you need to read and download the PDF for:
https://www.simple-talk.com/books/sql-books/119-sql-code-smells/
>> I have to now populate it with sequential numbers up to 50,000 records [sic] arbitrary numbers (doesn't matter) up to 7 characters. <<
Rows are not records; this is a fundamental concept. Numeric values are not character strings; this is another fundamental concept. On a scale from 1 to 10, what color is your favorite letter of the alphabet?
In COBOL, all the data is characters; so why are you trying to write COBOL in SQL? We have no idea how the numeric values are kept internally in SQL; we work at a more abstract level.
>> Can any one help as to what SQL statement I need to write that will automatically populate the newly empty table with 'A000001', 'A0000002', 'A0000003', etc so that I can sort number the records [sic] within the table. <<
What you showed is strings without the required single quotes on them. Sort? SQL is based on sets, so a table has no ordering by definition. That is one of the many ways rows are not records.
>> I have approximately 50000 records [sic] which I need to be sequentially entered and I really do not want to number the column manually via hand editing. <<
Why do you want to do this without the rest of the data for the rows? You need to read this:
https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/sql-server-sequence-basics/
Read the part about creating ticket numbers.
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