How to create an HFS+/NTFS/FAT32 external drive ?

Hi forum,
I just bought a WD essential hdd(pre format:NTFS) 500gb. I wanted to create 3 partitions on it, HFS+J(350gb), NTFS(80gb) and FAT32(70gb). My partition scheme is MBR. so how do i do it? leave the scheme as MBR or make it guid? And also how to create the 3 partitions mentioned above?
Your helpful replies is very much appreciated.
Regards
Ala.
I run windows on bootcamp.

Reformat the drive with the partition scheme GUID (GUID Partition Table). MBR is too limited.
Boot Camp Assistant is intended for use on a startup drive with only a single HFS+ partition to non-destructively add exactly one new partition suitable for Windows, but does not actually format it with the NTFS volume scheme. Disk Utility will not do this either. That is because NTFS is actually a proprietary file system of Microsoft, & MS doesn't publicly make all the format details available.
Because of this, unless you use a Windows utility to create the NTFS volume, you must use a reverse-engineered third party solution to do this. This may or may not work as reliably as expected, or cause complications with the HFS+ or other partitions. Thus, it is best to use Windows to create that partition.
Almost any disk utility will be able to create a FAT32 partition; just make sure it understands the GUID Partition Table partition scheme.

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