I've accidentally formatted my 5TB storage drive (I got so angry with myself that punched the wall and broke my right hand over it) but luckily all the important files are still in "excellent" recoverable condition. Problem is I don't have any other place big enough to salvage the files over to. My immediate option at this point is to use the formatted drive I'm recovering from.
Does recovering from the same drive essentially overwrite the other data I'm trying to recover? Should I just wait and buy another 5TB drive to put the recovered files in?