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  <info>

    <revision version="0.1" date="2014-01-26" status="review"/>

    <link type="guide" xref="index#filesystems" group="filesystems"/>

    <link type="seealso" xref="fs-info"/>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">

      <name>Phil Bull</name>

      <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>

      <years>2014</years>

    </credit>

    <desc>Each device corresponds to a partition on a hard disk.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>What are the different devices in the File Systems tab?</title>

  
Each device listed under the <gui>File Systems</gui> tab is a storage disk (like a hard drive or USB memory stick), or a disk partition. For each device, you can see what its total capacity is, how much of its capacity has been used, and some technical information about what <link xref="fs-info">type of filesystem it is</link> and <link xref="fs-info">where it is "mounted"</link>.

  
The disk space on a single physical hard disk can be split up into multiple chunks, called partitions, each of which can be used as if it were a separate disk. If your hard disk has been partitioned (perhaps by you or the computer manufacturer), each partition will be listed separately in the File Systems list.

  <note>

    
You can manage disks and partitions and see more detailed disk information with the <app>Disks</app> application.

  </note>

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