Sounds like what you bought was an EFI boot laptop, and parted outside of YaST2 cannot deal with it. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=windows+efi+boot
Yes, looks like that (searching for HP G-62, "efi" shows up in boot-related contexts).
Since it is new, I'd take it to the store and suggest to it that you will return it if it doesn't supply restore media, which at this point (due to EFI/GPT) you may be in need of if you want Win7 to work again.
It was purchased over the Internet, and they don't do anything, except of taking it back (fortunately I purchased a return-insurance when I bought it, so they take it back anyway). But that laptop is (was meant) a present for my nephew, and tomorrow I'm returning (from Germany to UK), so I still hope I can manage to present something --- otherwise he had to wait another 6 months (it is already 6 months late, because last Christmas I couldn't come). The windows is only for him and my family here in Germany, which never used any non-windows-system (and they have zero relation to computers anyway). The Linux was meant as a "Trojan horse", hopefully attracting his attention and curiosity (with some cool software installed). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org