Second SATA Hard Drive Formatting

Hi There,
I have just fitted a second 1TB SATA HD to my Mac Pro, can anyone tell me how to format it in 'Disc Utility'
Many thanks,
Michael

Hello Again,
I've sorted this now, remembered what i did last time, Thanks.
MP

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