Format (remove) HDD volume that is visible in Windows 7 Disk Management but not diskpart.exe

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Published on 2012-10-12T15:17:00Z Indexed on 2012/10/12 15:40 UTC
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I'm trying to get iRST working on a SSD I installed in my lenovo u410.

As part of that process, I created a hibernation partition and was fiddling around with RAID/AHCI settings. I managed to make my computer unbootable. No sweat, I just restored it with Lenovo's 1 key system.

Now, however, I can't do anything with that hybernation partition! I can see it: Disk Manager View

(It's the 7.81 GB partition).

But when I try to delete it in Diskpart.exe to reclaim the space and try the formatting again I only see this: Diskpart View

I can't do anything with the partition in Disk Management either. Right clicking only shows the 'help' option.

Can anyone suggest a way to edit these partitions with windows or, at least, reccomend a program that might help me fix this?

Note, I'd rather not delete the 16 GB OEM partition that I believe holds the backup for this computer.

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