Second hard drive added but can't save any files to it

My 250 GB hard drive failed and was replaced under warrantee (thank God I had backed it up a week earlier)
I had the operating system and application loaded on the 250GB drive and everything works fine. I had the dealer add a 500 GB Seagate Ultra 16 for storing all my data. I have a 500 GB external hard drive for back up. I am not able to save any data or create folders in the 500GB internal hard drive. My system profiler shows that its loaded. What do i need to do so taht i can use it for storing my data.

The drive must first be partitioned then formatted:
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disk. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.)
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.

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