I have a 200gb hard drive. I picked it up for free because Windows XP only recognizes 38gb. After doing some trouble shooting I found one utility that found a Linux partition on the drive. Which explains why XP only saw 38gb.
Of course it didn’t give any info about the partition or what kind it is. I’ve tried multiple Linux utilities and booted from floppies to access that drive but they do not see the Linux Partition. I have no idea what variable was used to create the partition. The Linux utilities I’ve used search for the most common linux partitions. Without knowing which linux variance created the partition, am I sunk?? I just want to delete that partition to recover the rest of the drive. Of course Windows XP doesn’t recognize it and fdisk for Windows won’t work. I continue to try multiple Linux Utilities until I find the right one that will recognize the linux partition. I’m almost out of options. Any ideas?? Thanks.