Help a PC switcher with install

[ItsAddison]

I've decided I'm going to do a clean install on my new Intel Mac just because I'm OCD about my computer running perfectly. I need to basically reformat my PC's external hard drive so I can use it to back up my Mac. Will I lose iLife by doing this? And will my old programs, like MS Office, reinstall in Leopard with the old Tiger disks? Thanks in advance.

 

[psychofreak]

You will lose iLife (you can get it back from the install disk) and your other apps can be reinstalled from their respective disks

 

[DanB91]

u do not need to format ur hdd, but it must be in HFS+. if its not u can create a partition in HFS+ and b/c of leopard u dont even have to format the drive to format the drive to partition

 

[ItsAddison]

My main question was really how do I get my PC's external harddrive to be formatted for my Mac.

Will I lose ALL software, such as GarageBand? My iLife came preinstalled so I'm not sure I have disks for it. Do yall think a clean install is really necessary? I haven't really had many problems up til now with Tiger.

 

[ItsAddison]

Dan! That's exactly what I need to know. Can you direct me to some directions on how to accomplish this?