Norton Save & Restore Recovery disk

My hard disk is going bad. The hd is 160gb with 2 partitions c: (boot) and d:.

 

I have a 500 gb that I want to use to replace the existing hd.

 

If I boot from the Recover disk can I partition and format the new hd?

or do I have to do the partitioning first?

 

thanks for your help.

mike