Partitioning options for the WD MyBook external drive

I purchased the WD MyBook Essential 2TB external drive. I would like to use it for TimeMachine backups, as well as my Windows machine. I think I will need to partition it for Mac and Windows machines. What option should I use in the Disk Utility partition options (there are 4 options). The first option is for Intel based Mac. The last option simply says "DOS". The Disk Utility seems to want to use the same option for both partitions. Is there a way to partition with two different options?

When you partition with DU the two partitions will be the same format, but after they have been created you can return to the partitions and reformat each individual partition differently. So I would set the partitions up as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and then later connect to the partition that you wish to use with your Windows machine and reformat that partition with a Windows utility in the best format for the version of Windows you prefer.
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