My Book External Drive

I was given a new My Book Studio external drive that I would like to use with Final Cut Express to keep my media files on when I'm editing. It has backup software with it which I don't need as I use time capsule. Should I jut not install the software or erase it and just use it as any other external drive or will it create some problems of which I am not aware? It's the 1T version and has never been out of the box.
Thanks,
D

Hi frog71
For how you want to use the WD you won't need to install anything from them.
However you will want to Erase the drive and set the *Partition Map Scheme to GUID Partition Table* and the *Format to Mac OS Extended* using Disk Utility. (See: Disk Utility > Help)
Or open the > [WD Knowledge Base FAQ|http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/stdadp.php?p_faqid=3865&p_created=1258601352&p_sid=UR_c_6Oj&p_accessibility=0&p_red irect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19j bnQ9MTg1LDE4NSZwX3Byb2RzPTIyOCwyNjAsMjI0JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0zLjIyNCZwX2N2PSZwX3Bh Z2U9MQ!!&p_li=&ptopview=1] > click on the "Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 (Leopard, Snow Leopard)" and follow the instructions.
Dennis

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