[SOLVED] No Partition on HDD

[Vice93]

TLDR: Trying to reinstall OS X but storage part of HDD isn't detected anywhere. Look here to see what I mean.
How can I find the remaining GB's of storage?

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So I got a Mac OS X 10.8 and when I start it I'm greeted with a white screen and a folder with a question mark.

Safe mode does not work.
Startup Manager does not work.
Apple Hardware test shows no errors.
Reset NVRAM does nothing.
Single-user mode does not work.
Verbose Mode does not work.

So after trying all the basic stuff I tougth I'd reinstall, however when I enter the Recovery tools and choose "Reinstall OSX" I get to the step where I am supposed to choose my HDD.

Well, there is none. It's just blank.

So I backtracked and hit disk utility to find that there is only one partiton, the one running the OS.
1gb size, 1gb in use. If I try to browse the HDD and click the "Music" tab for instance, the explorer quits.

So I'm stuck here at the moment.

I thougth I'd try to recover the partition somehow, as the partition layout is probably broken on the HDD, however I'm not sure how to do this.

I thougth I could make a bootable out of the program testdisk, but simply making an ISO out of the files (I downloaded the mac version) and burning it to a CD using TRANSMAC did not work. At least the CD is not bootable.

So this is where I'm currently at. I don't know what to do anymore. If anyone could help me onwards it'd be really appritiated.

 

[Vice93]

I'm done installing now, and I'm happy to say it's as good as new. Lets hope it stays this way now.

Again, thanks for your help guys, wouldn't get this far without you.

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Awesome job, Vice93!
I'm happy to hear you've sorted out the issue!
Just a friendly reminder though - always perform backups of your data and be careful with the Reallocated Sector Count.
Keep an eye on it once or twice a month, just to make sure the number of bad sectors doesn't increase!

Happy computing & best of luck!
SuperSoph_WD