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When you accidental format the wrong /dev/sdX (en.meming.world)

submitted 1 week ago by einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Always unplug all other disks before formatting, iron rule.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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