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When you accidental format the wrong /dev/sdX (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Always unplug all other disks before formatting, iron rule.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Let's unplug the system drive while formatting the intended drive.

You have three options:
O1: Your OS lives basically in the RAM anyway.
O2: Get rekt
O3: You can't formart your system drive because it's mounted from /dev/nvme0p