Row Firecam,
Go to Dos. First you have to FDISK it and set up a primary dos partition. Make it the max allowable size. then format it. As far as copying windows over, that won't work unless you have a program like Norton Ghost or something. You need a mirroring program to make an exact duplicate of your hd. There are lots of hidden and system files that won't copy. You will also have the wrong format on the disk. You need to format your new HD as a system disk to even have a chance.
If I were you, I wouldn't worry about windows recognizing it or anything, and just start from scratch. Set your new hd up as the pri master, and the old one with windows as pri slave. Boot with a boot disk, and fdisk and format your new hd. install windows on your new hd. Then copy over files you need from your old hd to your new and then format your old hd.
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