Help me!!! I can't partition my new HDD!

Hi,
I bought a new 360GB HDD (internal), i ghosted the data from my old HDD to my new one THROUGH A PC it seemed to work, but also copied my 120GB of partitions, now i can't access the other 200GB!!!! now I can't partition it (even with ipartition, disk genius etc). i think ive ruined the disk utility.
any ideas???
Cheers in advance.
Tim

ok, this is what it says, does this help?
Vendor: Intel
Product: ICH8-M AHCI
Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300:
Capacity: 298.09 GB
Model: Hitachi HTS545032B9A300
Revision: PB3OC64G
Serial Number: 090627PB*DPG
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
macbook:
Capacity: 33.88 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
My Documents:
Capacity: 77.47 GB
Available: 21.04 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s3
Mount Point: /Volumes/My Documents
<Edited by Host>

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