Using my new Firewire drive

I just bought a miniStak V2 by Newer Technology. While the instructions for hooking it to my eMac were simple and straightoforward, nowhere can I find any information in the thin "manual" to learn how to use this device.
I purchased it to be able to back up files and apps and in case of emergency, boot from the miniStak. So, excuse my ignorance as I fumble through some basic questions.
When installing the software that came with the unit to back up files, do I insall that on the eMac HD or on the miniStak? There is also some disk tools, where is best to install that?
Can I install the version of OSX (10.3.9) that I am running on the miniStak? Can I then boot from the miniStak in case of emergency, or do I need to purchase SuperDuper (although I don't know how I will download it with this +%@# dialup...)?
Can I just drag apps and files from my eMac's HD (like iMovie and iTunes) and use those apps from the miniStak? Can I then delete the app and files from the eMac HD in order to free disk spaace?
Or, is there a complicated process I must follow?
Sorry for the questions, but the OWC Tech site did not contain much info about how to use the device, only how to troubleshoot problems.

Install the Data Backup program on your internal HD. Then when you make a backup to the external drive, the program will be there as well. Assuming the backup it makes is bootable, if you have a problem with your internal drive you can boot from the external drive and use Data Backup (executed from the external) to restore it.
BTW, I stopped using third party backup programs a while ago; I just use Disk Utility to do my backups. It's entirely a manual process (i.e. you can't schedule backups or incremental saves), but it works well for me and has be rock solid reliable where some of the other apps I tried occasionally failed to complete the backup.

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