Hi there,
I had a problem like this with a NT formatted HD. The following Debug Script
will help you. You'll need a Bootable Disc with the Program >    DEBUG.EXE   on
it. Boot the Machine and start DEBUG. Hack in the following Script :

      A:\>DEBUG


      - f 200 L200 0
      - a 100
      xxxx:0100  mov ax,301   (ignore segment:offset values at left)
      xxxx:0103  mov bx,200
      xxxx:0106  mov cx,1
      xxxx:0109  mov dx,0080
      xxxx:010C  int 13
      xxxx:010E  int 3
      xxxx:010F               (Press ENTER an extra time here)
      - d 100 LF
      xxxx:0100 B8 01 03 BB 00 02 B9 01-00 BA 80 00 CD 13 CC
      (make sure that hex values match above line before proceeding)
      (if values do not match, type Q and start over)
      - g=100
                              (ignore register display)
      - q                     (quits back to DOS)


>>>      FDISK should now show "No partitions defined".

Now, start over and create your Partitions with FDISK.

bye
DS




Michelle Thuma wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  I have a Western Digital 10 Gb hard drive with a problem. The problem is,
> it tells me it has no partitions, but I can't create any partitions because
> it says there is no space to do so. I have looked at it with fdisk and
> aefdisk, and both tell me the same thing. It is a relatively new drive that
> was working just fine until I tried to install it into an older Compaq PC.
> That detected it as an 8.5 Gb drive, and did something strange to it,
> leaving me with this problem. Is there some utility out there that I can use
> to get it to free up the space it seems to be hiding from me? I am no hard
> drive expert, so any advice is appreciated.
>
> thanks!
>
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