lost tables

[Jim Sawyer]

I had a problem which made me restore my drive to a prior copy. I got all but 8 of my 80 mysql tables back, and can restore the rest except one. I have the database as
vettest
I have (or had) a file called
invoice
when I type
describe invoice;
mysql telles me
'vettest.invoice' doesn't exist
but when I try to create the table from the template it tells me
Tablespace 'vettest.invoice' exists.

How can I just remove all evidence of invoice so I
can construct it without that message?

Thanks,
Jim Sawyer