Trying to install OSX on 750

I have a spare 750 that was just a storage device for Windows (NTFS) i formatted it to fat32 to transfer files between Windows & OSX.
So no my dilemma is that OSX will not install on this drive.
I did extended drive testing under both Windows and OSX.
I can format it to Fat32 all day and night long. I can format it to NTFS all day and night long, transfer files back and forth and stress tested it extensively.
I want this to be my main OSX drive in my spare iMac.
I put it in and then i got this when initializing it with Disk Utility, using the built in OS one and the original 10.5.2 disks.
I also placed this in my MacPro and the same issue.
the message i get when trying to Install OSX or even formatting it to HFS+:
I cant seem to format it to HFS+ (Mac OS Extended Journaled)
any help, this drive has no issues or bad sectors
thanks

should i be fine with formatting the file storage drive to Mac OS Extended Journaled (GUID) ?
Yes, though even APM would be fine for HFS+ Journaling is not considered necessary on data drives but is required on a boot drive. [Mac OS X: About file system journaling|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107249]
If you plan on using this drive with a PC you might consider FAT ("MS-DOS") but the max. file size is 4 GB which presents problems with video if you have huge files.

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