Okay so browsed the forums and realizing Maxtor might not have been the best choice, and I'm worried this is all going to be a mess because I'm leaving the country in two days and I need to take this with me and have it work. Should I just return this and get a Western Digital external hard drive instead?
I bought a Maxtor DiamondMax 250 GB internal hard drive today because there was a sale on it, and was told that I could use it as an external hard drive by buying an enclosure (NexStar 3). I did that and attached it and screwed it in and all that, but now I'm confused about the installation process. I will be mainly using it on a Mac, but the instructions for installating on a Mac are for the drive as an internal hard drive... so what do I do exactly? Plug it in and see what happens? After I'm done installing it, do I install the CD that came with the enclosure? I also will be using it on a PC at first to upload some files, but should I plug it into a Mac before that so it's formatted for a Mac? Is that correct? Please help!
Also, to make things more confusing - I will be eventually using it with the computers at my university, but right now the only Mac I have access to is a friend's - it's probably not the same Mac. As long as it's a new enough model to support the HD, will it matter?
Thanks.

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