Question: Hello there!
I have a WD Elements 1TB external hard drive with lots of important files in it. I was watching a youtube video on how to download Linux mint to a USB and I had no idea it had to be an ordinary empty USB. So I used balena.io/etcher/ to do the whole procedure and after flashing I realized my 1 TB external drive was converted to a 2.85MB mass storage device!!!
I cannot afford to lose all that data nor to buy another external hard drive! Can someone please help me? I would really really appreciate it!!!
Thanks!!!
Vassiliki
Answer:Windows Disk Management can initialise and format your drive (after you have recovered your data).
You can recover all your files for free if you are prepared to sit through multiple sessions of DMDE.