Windows 10: What can I do if an external hdd's contents accidentally got deleted?

Hello,My brother decided to install Windows 10 iso onto our external HDD. It shows that 32GB is formatted to FAT32, but the remaining 900GB is unallocated. Is there a way to recover the wiped files?

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How to delete contents of a Linux formatted external disk?

I assume you want to delete the entire HDD and use in Windows


in Windows CMD (elevated)

simply DISPART
LIST DISK get list of HDD's you can see the one with Linux system on it

then type DISK nn where nn is Disk nr selected from List Disk
CLEAN

create partition primary
format fs=ntfs quick


Job done

Another way if you have access to a Linux system is to simply delete the contents but that will still leave a Linux fs on the HDD. If the HDD is on a NAS you can simply delete from Windows if the HDD is shared.

The simplest way is just use the command line in windows like I've described.

Now if you want to use the HDD again on a Linux system just create a new fs on it with a command like mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdx or wherever it's mounted (that will create an EXT4 fs but you can create XFS or whatever).

Cheers
jimbo

 

Accidentally Converted External Hard Drive to "ESD-USB"

I can help you:

1. Press Windows Key+R

2. Type 'cmd'

3. type 'diskpart'

4. type 'list disk'

5. find your external HDD in the list

6. type 'select disk (what ever the disk number is for the external HDD)

7. type clean

8. open Disk Management

9. right click the external HDD

10. click 'New Partition'

11. Complete the steps

 

Need suggestions to recover deleted data from HDD

As is my username I was a bit of a big n00b this morning, installing a fresh Win8 and accidentally deleted my downloads HDD instead of my SSD, don't ask, I was hungover is all I can think.

It hasn't been formatted or touched since I pressed delete so am hopeful I can recover most of the files, any suggestions for software to do so?