Using USB storage

I'm trying to set myself up to use external USB storage for system
backups. Maybe I'm expecting a bit much, but in any case I'm
floundering a bit here, so a couple questions.

I have the following:

- RX2620, running 8.3
- USB thumb drive (PNY brand, 2GB) and a
- I/O Magic USB disk enclosure holding a Western Digital WD400
"Caviar" IDE drive.

Question: To use the thumb drive, I seem to have to INITIALIZE it-
correct?

That part works. When I try to INIT the 40GB disk, it hangs; kill the
process and it goes MWAIT; shortly after, the machine reboots. Nothing
seems to get written to the HD- it's fine and works quite well from my
PC. Should I remove the Windows partition first?

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