So, uh, I think my new harddrive might be dead

Built my new computer and it booted right up. Tried to install Windows XP and it said it needed to create a partition. When I selected my C: drive it said it needed to be reformatted. I clicked for the long reformat and the whole thing would have taken at least an hour or two. So, instead of being patient, I was in the mood to be an idiot and turned off my computer without really thinking about it.

So the BIOS still detects the HD there and identifies it (I have another harddrive in there but I'm not concerned about that at the moment) but when I go back to install XP, I do the "Quick" reformat or whatever. That takes about 5 - 10 seconds, but afterwards it said that it failed because either my disk is damaged or not plugged in properly.

So judging on what I've said, does it sound like I need to get a new hard drive? Or should I just go through with the long reformat or what? By the way, this HD is brand new, so nothing should be on it.

And I'm quite a noob at this, so anything is possible. Maybe I'm even misreading the error message lol. I didn't really do anything in the BIOS yet besides scan through it, I was too anxious to get the OS booted up. Anyway, any help is appreciated.

+1...another one would be Darik's Boot and Nuke.