Error partitioning a new Seagate Back-up Plus

I just tried to install a new Seagate Back-up Plus external drive (Mac & Windows version) and when I plugged it in, it was showing a single read-only partition containing the Seagate Dashboard software, and I couldn't rename the drive.
I went into Disk Utility.
The first heading for the drive said 1TB Seagate Backup+ BK Media
The indented subheading for the drive was Seagate Backup Plus
I clicked the subhead for the drive, hit Options, and used Most Secure erase (probably a stupid move), and then clicked erase, thinking it would get rid of the Seagate software - which I don't want to use anyway, as I want to use the drive for project back-ups and media storage - and reformat the drive.
Then when I went back in, and tried to re-establish a single partition, I got this Error Message:  MediaKit reports driver bundle not found.
And nothing happened. I thought I'd try to initialize the drive. But I'm getting nowhere.
When I plug in the drive now, I get a message saying the disk is unreadable, and offering the option of initializing the disk.
When I click Initialize, I get back into the disk utility, but there's no Initialize option, and both Erase and Partition give me the same Error Message as before.
The drive was originally set up with Master Boot Record, and I think I should probably use GUID Partition Table. But if I occasionally need to access files on the drive, should I use Master Boot Record?
How can I make this drive usable again?
Thanks -
Message was edited by: Eric Geist

Yes. You can "export" photos from iPhoto in any resolution you require including original and uncompressed.
There are several options to subsequently import them to your Windows PC but the options depend on the number and size of photos you need to import:
Email them, but all email servers have file attachment limitations so you may not be able to send more than a few at a time. Beware that AOL was known to detect and change photo resolutions while emailing them through AOL. I don't know if they still do that.
Copy them to a USB flash drive
Use Dropbox or other file hosting service - Dropbox has size limitations though.
Enable file sharing on your Mac and your PC and transfer them over a network
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