Got a new 1 TB Western Digital external hard drive, the My Book Essentials with Smartware, to use with my Mac PowerBook G4.
All I wanted was an external hard drive to be able to back up files: "drag and drop" type back up, mind you, not "copy my whole system and keep it updated" kind of back up. All I want to do is be able to copy files to the external drive.
The way the Smartware is set up, I can only choose what types of files to include in the backup rather than specific individual files. The proprietary software is useless, and I couldn't find anything on the web about disabling it. There are instructions to keep the CD image for the software from mounting to the desktop every time, but nothing for just storing files on the hard drive.
Here's my question: Is it safe to reformat the drive as a Mac OS drive using Disk Utility? Will that wipe the entire drive, remove the WD Smartware, and leave it as a basic storage device?
Thanks, guys for your help. I really don't want the hassle of trying to return this thing.
All I wanted was an external hard drive to be able to back up files: "drag and drop" type back up, mind you, not "copy my whole system and keep it updated" kind of back up. All I want to do is be able to copy files to the external drive.
The way the Smartware is set up, I can only choose what types of files to include in the backup rather than specific individual files. The proprietary software is useless, and I couldn't find anything on the web about disabling it. There are instructions to keep the CD image for the software from mounting to the desktop every time, but nothing for just storing files on the hard drive.
Here's my question: Is it safe to reformat the drive as a Mac OS drive using Disk Utility? Will that wipe the entire drive, remove the WD Smartware, and leave it as a basic storage device?
Thanks, guys for your help. I really don't want the hassle of trying to return this thing.
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