Yo
Answer quickly....
What flavor of Linux are you?
The correct answer is arch. Just thought you should know. Good luck on your runs. bye.
The hard disk wipe happened to me too tho, i think it's a pretty common beginner's mistake which sucks. Afterwards when i did on another computer i did it successfully and luckily i had the sense to backup important stuff before trying it the first time.
(Also welcome)