If your data is overwritten, it might become unrecoverable. The more your drive is used, the higher the chance your data can be overwritten.
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In some cases, this doesn’t mean that the partition is lost, but instead that the operating system can’t find it.
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This is especially easy if the wrong command is entered through a terminal based solution like Command Prompt, and can quickly erase or format the partition in the blink of an eye. In some instances, you may have accidentally deleted or formatted a partition that you weren’t supposed to.
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⚠️ Note: In the interest of making sure your data is still recoverable, stop using the disk with the missing GPT partition until you’ve finished reading this article.