System Crashed after Partitioning an External Drive

I tried to add a second partition to my external drive but now my system freezes whenever the drive attempts to mount.
Originally, my external drive had a single partition used for Time Machine backups. I used the partition tab in Disk Utility to add a new partition. I selected a size for the partition that was less than the space being taken up by time machine backups. After clicking apply, disk utility seemed to work for 10-20 minutes and then my system suddenly crashed. Everything freezes and the following message appears:
"You need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button for several seconds or press the restart button".
If I try to restart, the system will crash as soon as the drive begins to mount. The only way I am able to get my system to restart, is to unplug my external drive. I have tried safe mode and I have tried opening disk utility before mounting the external drive but nothing seems to work. It still crashes the system.
I have other backups of this data so I'm not concerned with loosing anything. I just want to get back into disk utility with this drive so I can reformat. Does anyone know how I can bypass without getting the "restart" message so I can erase the disk and start from scratch?
Oh, I forgot to mention, this issue may have resulted from accidentally disconnecting the FW800 while the last backup was taking place. Irregardless, I think the drive is now corrupt and I want to start from scratch.
HELP!

Thank you VK. Worked like a charm. I used the start-up disk and deleted the problematic partition within Disk Utility. Seemed to work fine after that, but I went ahead and reformatted the drive and started from scratch just to be safe.
Thanks again for the help.

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    2. Format 120 GB in HFS+, the rest fat32. I will use HFS partition just for full image of my mac's harddisks, and fat32 will be accessible to every computer.
    Any suggestions?
    Thanks...

    You cannot format the drive with both Mac OS Extended and FAT32 partitions. If you need FAT32 you must format the entire drive FAT32. If you format the drive Mac OS Extended, then you will need software on the Window's PC that enables reading/writing Mac disks such as MacDrive.
    To format the drive:
    Extended Hard Drive Preparation
    1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
    2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing (this does not apply to external drives.) Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    3. Click on the Options button and select the GUID partition scheme then click on OK. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
    4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
    5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
    6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
    If you prefer to format the entire drive as FAT32, then in Step 3 select the MBR partition scheme instead of GUID.
    If you plan to use the external drive to backup your main hard drive then do that by cloning the main drive:
    How to Clone Using Restore Option of Disk Utility
    1. Select the destination drive on the Desktop and press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. At the bottom in the Ownership and Permissions section be sure the box labeled "Ignore Permissions on this Volume" is unchecked. Set Ownership and Permissions as follows: Owner=system with read/write; Group=admin with read/write; Other with read-only.
    2. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
    3. Select the backup or destination volume from the left side list.
    4. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (journaled, if available) and click on the Erase button.
    5. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
    6. Select the backup or destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
    7. Select the startup or source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
    8. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
    For added precaution you can boot into safe mode before doing the clone.

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