WD SmartWare 1TB drive software won't launch

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Telephone tech support at OWC, macsales.com, can help if you want to follow Kappy's great suggestion. Or, if you want to get one pretty much ready to go, and reasonably priced, have a look at these at OWC--and, unlike WD external drives, you should be able to clone and boot from any of them. OWC tech should also be able to help you set up separate partitions to use for the Mac and the PC. You want a 3.5" SATA drive.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATAFW800_FW400USB
You can also find good deals on enclosures and drives at Newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH &Description=externalenclosure+3.5sata
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH &Description=harddrives+internalsata

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