External drive question

[manyrains]

I'm getting set up with my new Mac Pro. I was using a Buffalo usb/firewire 500gb ex drive with my PC. The only disc I'm finding that came with it appears to be for Windows- before noticing that it said "Windows" (duh) on it I tried installing and obviously didn't work. I'm new to this Mac world- should there be a Mac disc that came with it, will it be non Mac compatible? Might I be able to download a driver for it (I looked quickly at the Buffalo web and didn't see any tech assistance). Do I need to get a new one?

The HD is showing up on the Mac- just getting the "transfer only" message, wants to make a copy on internal drive when I try to open a file. Workspace won't let me change to Playback/Record.

Thanks guys- more questions to follow! I appreciate your help.
Jim

[DigiTechSupt]

No, there won't be a disk for Mac. You should just use the Disk Utility to erase the drive, making sure it's formatted Mac OX Extended. You can find the Disk Utility at MacHD>Applications>Utilities.

[manyrains]

Sorry- you have to talk to me like I'm a kindergardner...
Am I understanding correctly- I can get the drive to work using functions inside the Mac, but "erase the drive"- I will lose what's currently on it? Not a big deal, as I don't have anything serios on it yet, but I'm assuming there'd be some way to save the stuff were it important? Sorry if I'm being ignorant.

[DigiTechSupt]

Yes, you can typically drag and drop the files that are currently on that drive to another drive for storage while you erase it. Then copy the files back.

[manyrains]

Great, thanks!