Error 0x8004240f formatting Extended Partition

[Gas]

HI,
Thx for anyones help,

I have a problem i cannot use 113GB of my HDD cause its now an extebdet partition i remember i installed once Open Suse Linux on it and now the vista partition creator wont me to do anything with it eaven on windows i cannot create a logicial partiton from it like its blokked

thx 4 help Claude

[Glenny]

See this similar kind of thread for more help : Deleted partition with disk management, can't get it back!

[chroma]

Check the below links for more details

Error reformatting (0x8004240f)
http://forums.techarena.in/vista-set...all/599091.htm
http://forums.techarena.in/vista-set...all/599094.htm

[Raine]

There is mbrwork from terabyteunlimited that
may be able to help you recapture the partition. Or you can evev try linux distribution CD. Once Linux distribution CD is inserted install up to the point of partitioning format as NTFS or delete the drive, then try again with Vista.