T42 can't see hard drive

Happy new year everyone, hope it was a good Christmas break.

In the hope of an expert; I have a Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad T42. The hard drive died so I replaced it. I bought a new hard drive and Windows 7. I can boot from the DVD and try to install but when I get to the section where I can choose where to install the OS I don't see the drive listed. I know the drive is good, as I tested it in another laptop and can see the drive in a caddy. I also see the drive in the BIOS, but I simply do not see as an option when you try to install the OS. The only option I have is to load a 3rd party driver to see if it works, but I've never had to do this before.

Any ideas to stop going me crazy and crying in the keyboard.

Thanks in advance

Martin

T42 does not have the above option in the BIOS as it was designed when the PATA disks were standard.

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