New TC internal disk issue

I've just purchased a new TC (2 TB). It connects to the Internet and wi-fi works normal, but it shows «internal disk needs repair». I can't see it in disk utility or time machine also. And airport utility shows no partition on this TC.

I think that LaPastenague meant "BS".....translated.....a large heap of steaming dung.
They said that they will return money because TC is not compatible with max os x 10.8
This is simply not true
Or airport utilite is not updated yet,
Not true either
It is very clear that "they" are way over their heads, and not up to the support task.

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    DO NOT PICK YOUR OS X DRIVE!!! It will erase your entire mac system. The problem is, if your drives are exactly the same size, there is really NO WAY to tell the difference between the two in the windows setup except for some subtle hints. I unfortunately picked the wrong disk, and erased my machine into the ether.
    However, after I reinstalled my OS X drive and tried the XP install again, I found there were clues as to which drive to format. Apparently, windows likes to be installed on drive C:. My background is with Mac, so I didn't catch that hint the first time around. Also, if I paid careful attention to the sizes of my drives, instead of guestimating they were both the same (the mac is just a bit larger than the second internal), I could have solved the puzzle long before I began banging my head on the desk.
    Formating the drive is straight forward, but takes about 2 hours to do. Windows goes through it's setup, and before you know it, you have a quasi-functioning windows system on your mac. The final step is to reboot, hold down option, click the windows HD, have your OS X install disc 1 in the drive, then install the rest of the mac-windows driver (automatically does this for you).
    Boom. You're done.
    P.S. I was told by a apple rep that boot camp does not work with a 64 bit install of XP. It worked for me... eventually!
    Hope this helped

    I understand that you were able to load windows on another internal disk beside the one where OSX resides. In my case I have two drives that are stripped (software raid). Will I be able use bootcamp with windows installed on a third internal disk dedicated to windows?
    Thanks...Chris

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