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Thread ID: 61180 2005-08-27 05:48:00 Aack. Partitions screwy Edward (31) Press F1
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384078 2005-08-27 05:48:00 I've just experienced the joys of hidden partitions :annoyed:

What I've done is used Partiton Magic to create a hidden partition . Stupidly it's been set to be in the first part of the drive, and it takes up all of the space on the drive . So now I'm stuck with a hard drive that can't be installed to ;_;

Windows NT install sees it as a partition that takes up everything, but with no drive number, so it can't be installed to . FDISK dosen't see it, so I can't delete it, and the partition magic emergency boot CDs aren't wonderfully helpful (They don't boot either) . The Ultimate Boot CD dosen't help, as all the tools won't run . So I'm wondering, is there a free tool out there that can run from a CD, that'll allow me to unhide hidden partitions? :help:

Thanks very much

Edward
Edward (31)
384079 2005-08-27 05:51:00 Run PM from boot (floppy or CD) and "unhide" or delete and recreate the partitions.
Also I would have thought booting from an XP CD would allow you to delete and re-create
bartsdadhomer (80)
384080 2005-08-27 08:06:00 Ah, the windows XP CD did it :D

Thanks
Edward (31)
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