Advice sought for formatting external HD

Hello all,
I'm finally in a position to replace my unsatisfactory backup system (a borrowed communal external HD formatted to FAT32) with my very own external HD. I'm looking for advice since I've never done these things before, and my reading around this forum and others has been very helpful, yet left me with some questions.
Situation:
I have a new WD 120GB USB 2.0 8MB cache Passport portable HD preformatted to FAT32 and I want to use it primarily to regularly clone my MacBook's 80GB HD using Super Duper to make a bootable backup; as well as to store other media files (which I'll back up seperately elsewhere); and it would also be convenient to be able to use it to share files between my Mac and various PCs as I travel.
Plan:
I presumed it would be best to create three partitions on the new external HD: one 80GB volume for the bootable clone; one 20-30GB volume for the media file storage; and one 10-20GB volume for the inter-system file-sharing. I would format the first two volumes HFS+ and the third FAT32.
Questions:
1. Does this sound like a wise way to proceed?
2. Can I safely make partitions formatted in different file systems as described (HFS+ and FAT32)?
3. Is there any degradation of files or other disadvantage to storing and moving files between HFS+ and FAT32 (ie in using FAT32 in general)?
4. Do I need to make the bootable clone volume a full 80GB, even if I plan never to fill the MB's HD to more than 65GB?
5. If I do this, would it be better to zero out the entire HD and format the third, FAT32 volume anew from Apple's Disk Utility, or (and would this even be possible?) simply skip the zeroing out of the first two HFS+ volumes--assuming one cannot zero out isolated volumes-- in order to leave the last, FAT32 volume formatted as it came from Western Digital?
Grateful for any experienced advice,
Rhys

Yes! Too much for me.
I've opened Disk Utility, selected the WD external drive (which has 111.8 GB)), selected the GUID partition scheme under "options", selected 3 partitions under "volume scheme", selected Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for the first two volumes and MS-DOS File System for the third, checked that each of the three volumes when selected still appears under "options" as GUID, sized the first volume at 70GB (the MB's drive that I will be cloning is 74.5), the second at 26.79 GB, and the third at 15 GB.
So it looks like GUID partitioning by DU will allow FAT32 (I assume that's what MS-DOS File System is). However, I still haven't pressed the "partition" button yet, so I don't yet know for sure. I'm busy all day today and need the MB to be ready for other things, so I'll try later on, tonight or tomorrow.
If I'm forgetting anything, please let me know, and if anyone already knows whether or not this will work please chime in before I go ahead.
Anyway, thanks for your help, everyone.
-Rhys

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    I followed the instructions and have Disk Utility open for the external drive. Then > Erase > changed format from Mac OS to ExFAT and did the same with the RAID tab.  But this does not change the Format from Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
    Thanks in advance for any advice..........It's never easy is it?

    biddymon wrote:
    Snip snip...........and I appreciate your sense of humor.  Unfortunately mine is in the sleep mode at this stage of the game.
    (3) Boot Camp 4.  downloaded to 16-GB flash drive, which is recognized in Windows but will not install due to following prompt: "The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running.  Check your computer's system information to see whether you need an x86 (32-bit) or x-64 (64-bit) version of this program, and then contact the software publisher."  This flash drive is formatted as MS-DOS (FAT), although ExFAT was an alternative.
    OK, that does not suggest a disk format problem, but it does suggest that (as it says) you have the wrong Boot Camp version, or the wrong Windows version. ie, you have a 32bit version of Windows installed and you may have a 64bit version of Boot Camp on your Flashdrive.
    I'll be back shortly, I'll get links for the various versions of Boot Camp, if there is no 32bit version for your Mac a reinstall of Windows is indicated, the 64bit version though.
    OK
    Even better, here is a link to a page with all the versions, if you click the version name a description will be displayed, find the correct one for your Mac and version of Windows.
    Finally this page contains a model by model breakdown of which version of Windows will run on which model of Mac.

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