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The thread discusses a user's failed attempt to install Debian onto a partition of an external 2TB HDD using Win32 Disk Manager, which caused the drive to become inaccessible and unrecognized (showing as only 0 bytes). The user is seeking help to recover the data, expressing concern over losing important files. A respondent suggests using Recuva to attempt data recovery and emphasizes the importance of backing up data before making disk modifications.

stepeato

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Hello everyone, I was trying to use win32diskmanager to put Debian on a single partition of my 2tb external hdd. I formatted one of the partitions, and started win32 to put the linux files on that partition. It crashes at 6%, and now the whole hard drive (other partitions are gone) says it needs to be formatted and shows up as only one drive (G) with 0 bytes available and 0 used.

Any ideas? There was a lot of stuff on that hard drive id like to keep, that being said, I have only had to scrap around 6tb of hard drives in the past years, so it wouldnt be a first to lose it all.

Thanks again everyone, I truly appreciate the help.