Linksys NSLU2 (NSLU2-CA) Network Storage Server

After spending over an hour over four phone calls with LinkSys technicians (They kept dropping the call during transfers). We came to the realization that my existing Maxtor hard drive with gigabytes of data on it would have to be backed up and reformatted prior to being recognized by the storage link. No recourse was provided other than a technical explanation as to why it was so. No where in any of the literature, or on the box does it so state. Additionally throughout the phone calls, the technicians appeared to be unknowledgeable about the product.