Partition problem... AARRGGHH!!!

[bigbondfan]

no that doesn't work either... the broken partition shows up as unknown... i can erase the data using killdisk, but i'm still stuck with a broken partition after...

 

[bigbondfan]

I tried cfdisk (on suse linux 10.1), but that reports the partition to be 'Unusable', and it won't let me format it. Ist there any way i can remove the dead partition?

 

[~mr mixx~]

what about downloading the live cd from a friends computer, have him or her make an ISO disk , and try booting from that.

 

[bigbondfan]

i've tried suse livecd... which gets to the desktop, but won't let me access or format the dead partition.

 

[Raffaz]

have ya tried downloading the WD diagnostic stuff. Or ya could just write the hole drive with zeros and do some fresh partitions etc

 

[bigbondfan]

ok, i've tried the wd diagnostics... but it only allows to write zeros to the entire hd... not just a partition...

is it possible to just write zeros to one partition?