1tb External Hdd now showing 32gb after mistake.

[Golker]

Like a complete fooI I accidentally created a windows boot disk using my 1tb external hard drive, which had lots of important files and photos on it. Now it is showing that there is only 32gb on it.

Can my files be recovered?

Thank you

 

[Golker]

I downloaded testdisk - it was completely free and fantastic. It recovered all my files with zero corruption. The program is amazing. It took 3 hours in total.

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[Golker]

Yes lesson learnt that's for sure. Back up back up back up.