It sounds like it’s not actually ransomware, so this action ultimately does no additional harm:
https://blog.comae.io/petya-2017-is-a-wiper-not-a-ransomware-9ea1d8961d3b
2016 Petya modifies the disk in a way where it can actually revert its changes. Whereas, 2017 Petya does permanent and irreversible damages to the disk.
On the left, we can see the current version of Petya clearly got rewritten to be a wiper and not a actual ransomware.
