Accidentally deleted partition on HDD

[Zippy]

I purchased an external multimedia HDD and went through the steps of creating a partition on it. clicked on Start> Settings> Control Panel > Administrative Tools> Computer Management...

Windows XP, detected my external hard disk as F:/, instead of creating a new partition....I clicked on delete partition. now XP does not detect my Hard disk...
When I click on My Comuter> Properties> Hardware > Device Manager...In the Drives I can see the drive but....there is no way to create a fresh partition..
Can somebody please help, thanks in advance.

 

[ClubMan]

What about when you go back into Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management... > Disk Management? Does it not display the empty/unpartitioned disk?

 

[Zippy]

You are so right Clubman there it is. Apologies for the blond moment. I think I just got into a blind panic, afraid my OH might kill me.