You will need the OSX installation disk to bring the new hard drive into use.
Priciple is the same for Windows as it is for Mac. Install new drive, format the drive and install the OS on it
It is possible that the files on the old drive may be recoverable if, once you get the new drive running, you connect the old drive to the laptop in a USB enclosure.
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A friend has a MacBook Pro 15" (200
which has stopped booting up from the hard drive. He has been informed that he requires a new hard drive as the one in the laptop has ceased to work for some unknown reason. The major problem is that he cannot retrieve any of his files as the HD is unreadable. He's quite happy to replace it, but he needs the operating system which I believe was something like OS 10.4? May have that wrong but as his laptop cannot be booted, and he has no paperwork, or any back-up discs to help him, I was hoping that someone could advise me what I should be doing to help him. I'm a PC user, so not used to Macs.

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