Maxtor Basics Personal storage

Hello Mac Users!.
I've just changed over to Mac after many years as a PC user. I have an iMac using V10.4 Tiger as its OS and I'm struggling with the new system. I have brought over a Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 as an external hard drive which I would like to use for backup, probably using SuperDuper! The problem is, my iMac insists on treating it as Read Only. I really don't fancy getting a brand new Firewire drive for this purpose unless I really have to.
Can anybody tell me what I need to do to make it part of my Mac system?
Any ideas welcome.
iMax Mac OS X (10.4.8)
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