HT201250 Transferring files from a Seagate external drive

I have a seagate external backup drive (from my PC)
There are some files I want to transfer to my new IMac, before using this external drive as the normal back-up, with Time Machine.
But how do I first transfer over these data files?

Open up Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. Select your external drive on the left then under the Erase tab select MS-DOS(FAT) as your volume format. Keep in mind that re-formatting your drive will erase all of the data so make sure you have it all backed up on your computer before you re-format.
http://ftp.georgetek.com/George/DiskUtilMS-DOS.png
Are you replacing your PC with the iMac or are you still going to use both computers?
George

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Open up Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility. Select your external drive on the left then under the Erase tab select MS-DOS(FAT) as your volume format. Keep in mind that re-formatting your drive will erase all of the data so make sure you have it all backed up on your computer before you re-format.
http://ftp.georgetek.com/George/DiskUtilMS-DOS.png
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