Severely Messed Up HDD!

Hi there,

Could anyone please give me any ideas on how best to sort my HDD please?

Here’s the outcome from the partition info tool:

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9482/hd1kr1.jpg

I’m trying to wipe everything and start again with that hard drive, but on Partition Magic I get this:

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/8025/hd2wc3.jpg

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

how about when you try to do it from windows Disk Management?

Start → Run type “compmgmt.msc” → Disk Management

personally i use Partition Xpert 2k3 which has being updated and is included in Acronis Disk Director Suite it includes a bootable CD maker which loads before XP gets a chance to say your HDD is not well

BTW: i learnt the hard way not to use partition magic[ot]IMHO partition magic is :swear:ing crap, & i’m not the only 1 that doesn’t like partition magic[/ot]

Edit: can you delete the bad partition ?