Setting up a WD Passport external HD

This may be intuitive for many of you but not for me. I just bought a 2TB Western Digital external hard drive. I've plugged it into the computer and and transferred the utility and security files. I've opened the WD Drive Utilities icon and run the diagnostics. But now what? How do I start the back up? Do I open Time Machine, select passport and then it asks to erase Passport disk?

First uninstall any software that came with the drive, you don't need it and it can cause problems. If you're going to use this disk as a Time Machine just connect it, start Time Machine and tell it which disk you want to use, TM will handle the set up for you. http://pondini.org/TM/5.html

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Many 15" and 17" Macintosh PowerBook and Mac Book Pro Laptops do not provide enough power through a single USB port for the WD Passport™ external USB hard drive to work correctly. The WD Passport™ external USB hard drive requires a minimum of 1000Ma (Milliamps) of power for proper usage.
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