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.
How can I find the remaining GB's of storage?
############################################################
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.
You have some mad troubleshooting skills, though! 
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