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External hard drive recognized as elements 25A2

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Clement95290 -  
Hello, I booted my 2TB Western Digital hard drive to install Windows on another PC. Once that was done, I wanted to unboot it, so I deleted everything on it, but I saw that it was recognized with a capacity of 31GB. I then went into "Create and format hard disk partitions" and I clicked the wrong button: I hit "Delete Volume."
Now the problem is my hard drive is no longer usable. It is now named Elements 25A2.

Device information:
Manufacturer: not available
Model: Elements 25A2
Model Number: Not available
Categories: Storage device
Description: Not available

I tried to fix the problem by deleting the device and clicking on populate... nothing works.

Can someone tell me how to reset everything to normal?
Thank you in advance.

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  1. Clement95290
    For your information, the hard drive is no longer displayed in "Disk Management" or in the Windows library.
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    1. jfmimi Contributor
      Hello
      we will try with Diskpart
      Press the keys " Windows+X "
      then press the " A " key
      in the window that opens, type Diskpart
      then list disk
      see example

      provide screenshot
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    2. Clement95290
      @jfmimi

      It is indeed displayed as disk 6, it seems to me.
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    3. jfmimi Contributor
      @Clement95290you have two disks of the same capacity (2TB)
      disk 1 and 6
      to avoid disk error, unplug the disk in question
      return to Diskpart, check the disk numbers
      and tell me which number is the disk in question (1 or 6)
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    4. Clement95290
      @jfmimiIt's good the 6, the 1 is internal.
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    5. jfmimi Contributor
      @Clement95290type select disk 6
      then type " clean "
      next type " create partition primary "
      give a screenshot
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