Can't see erased drive in Finder

I erased my seagate drive using disk utility and now I can't see it in finder. I was using the seagate as the backup drive in Time Machine, but I wanted to start over so I could add another external to drive to the backup process. What do I need to do to be able to see it again? ThanksErased

Disk images will not solve your problem, they are not related at all.
100MB seems TINY for any modern disk! That isn't right.
Tim is correct that the disk may need repairing. Shutdown the Mac. Poweroff the disk and check your connections are all good.
Power up and go back to Disk Utility. Do you see the disk? It's possible you erased the partition, in which case you will not see a disk on the Desktop but you should see the external disk in the sidebar of Disk Utility.
Is this a USB or Firewire disk? These should show an orange icon in Disk Utility. If it isn't there poweroff the disk & try other USB ports & leads if possible.
If you are unsure take a screenshot of Disk Utility & post it here. It's cmd+shift+4 then drag the crosshairs over the window to select the area. It appears on your Desktop, the camera icon will allow you to add images here (on a desktop browser).

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