Hidden hard drive partition

[axman86]

I just picked up a PII computer with a 7gb hard drive. The problem is that it shows the Logical drive as Drive C with 2gb and an extended partition (no drive letter named) with 5gb. I've tried using fdisk.exe to delete the partition but it tells me that I can't delete an extended partition in a Logical drive. I've tried deleting the primary partition (Logical drive) but it tells me that I can't delete the Primary partition if it has an extended drive. Formatting on takes care of the C drive. Can anyone help?

[EvilRick]

Do you know who the manufacturer is of the drive?

You might use their software to wipe it.

There's a link in some thread around here somewheres.

I'll be back . . .

. . . you'll find the links in this thread.

[TheDrifter]

get a program called partition magic it will show all and fix all with just a few mouse clicks

http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/

[axman86]

Thanks. It works!

[elroy]

Partitions must be deleted in the following order if you're doing it with fdisk:
[1] logical
[2] extended
[3] primary
when creating partitions they must be created in the reverse order