Can I format an old hard drive with my Mac without losing everything?

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I own a Seagate Freeagent external hard drive. I once used it with my PC, but now I have a Mac, so I can't write anything new onto it. I'd like to reformat so that I can start backing up again, but what I've been reading says that I can't do that without losing everything already on the drive. I can't backup onto my Mac, either, because there's not enough room. So, what are my options here?

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No, formatting a drive erases everything on it.

I haven't tried this myself because I don't own a Mac but there seems to be some work-around solutions that will allow your Mac to use an external Windows NTFS format drive. However, attempting this is entirely at your own risk.
http://www.yourdailymac.net/2011/06/how-to-read-and-write-ntfs-harddrives-under-mac-os-x/
http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/

Can I download Football Manager 2011 onto an external hard drive?

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I am looking to buy Football Manager 2011 and download it onto my laptop. I don't want this download to make my laptop slow. It has 2GB RAM.

Is it possible to download it onto an external hard drive such as:
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/seagate-freeagent-goflex-usb-3-0-upgrade-cable-06935861-pdt.html




Is that ok?
How much memory does it take up?
Thanks.

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You need to run Football Manager 2011 in RAM, not in an external hard drive.

Good luck!

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