How to install WD hard drive 3TB onto my new mac?

Hi there,
I have purchased a 3TB WD external hard drive for my new mac:
Software OSx 10.8.2
Processor 2.6GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 8GB
After the first few steps of installing it, it bugs and the last window says:
I have tried to contact WD directly, and they are pretty much ignoring me.
Next i have looked around their website on their forums and F&Q and it seems that there is a need for some kind of formatting of my computer to be able to read a hard drive of more than 2 TB.
Can you help me out?

I'm not sure how it would have copied anything from your hard drive unless you told it to; in any case, if it did, then yes, the external hard drive will be erased if you use the erase tab. You will lose the content of the external drive, but since you have not backed it up, I would not worry about that. You do not need the software the drive came with.
The software on that external hard drive will occupy some of it; as I said, you do not need it. When I purchase a new hard drive, I immediately erase and format the drive. I usually choose the Partition tab, choose 1 or more partitions, name them, make sure they are Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and GUID partition scheme (under Options) and hit apply. At that point, I get a popup telling me that this will erase the drive and I click ok.
After you have formatted it, you can then decide what/how you want to use for a backup.

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