Aperture 3 - new external WD hard drive added -problems with capacity

NO SLEEP...
Just added new 3T WD hard drive per instructions (WD formatted to Mac already/checked ok) and called it Vault #5. All good here, BUT, when adding new Vault #5 into Aperture 3 by clicking "add new vault" it came up as Vault #5 fine, but it says "28.9GB of 1.8TB available" which is incorrect as I've added NO photos (yet). If I go to my desktop and click on the new Vault #5 icon and click "get info" it says I have 3TB available! Why does Vault #5 say "28.9GB of 1.8TB available" when 3TB is available? I need HELP!
I am REALLY stuck on this. I might point out I'm not the most computer savy person out there - PLEASE HELP!!!!!
I have an IMAC Mac OS X 10.6.8 (snow leapord)
THANK YOU!!!

Time Machine will only work on a volume formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). If you want to use that WD HDD on a PC as well, you will have to partition it and format one partition for Time Machine and the the other with a common format for Mac and a PC.
Fat32 has a 4 GB file size restriction. ExFAT does not.
Use these instructions to partition the HDD:
osxdaily.com/2011/04/26/partition-hard-drive-mac-os-x/
I am of the opinion that Time machine should have a HDD dedicated solely to it and you should have a separate HDD set up to work on the Mac and a PC. Take into consideration where and how you will back up the data on the PC//Mac volume/drive.
Ciao.

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