Need help with new external harddrive

I have a 4 yr old emac & I bought a Seagate 250 gb(usb 2.0) external to use with time machine.
What do I need to do to set up as I am unfamiliar with formatting & using partitions.
Also, if I want to upgrade the internal drive does my current system configuration limit me to any size HD? Would adding another external firewire drive be my best solution?
Thanks for any input.
Bob

To prepare a new drive do this:
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder. If you need to reformat your startup volume, then you must boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.)
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the drop down menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (only required for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
You can install any 3.5" ATA hard drive. There is no capacity limit except that of the maximum hard drive size you can find. Upgrading is not particularly easy since the eMac was not designed for user upgrade other than adding RAM.

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