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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="disk-format" xml:lang="da">
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<info>
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<link type="guide" xref="disk"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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</credit>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.13.91" date="2014-09-05" status="review"/>
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<desc>Remove all of the files and folders from an external hard disk or USB
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flash drive by formatting it.</desc>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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</info>
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<title>Wipe everything off a removable disk</title>
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If you have a removable disk, like a USB memory stick or an external hard
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disk, you may sometimes wish to completely remove all of its files and
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folders. You can do this by formatting the disk — this deletes all
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of the files on the disk and leaves it empty.
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<steps>
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<title>Format a removable disk</title>
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<item>
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Open <app>Disks</app> from the <gui>Activities</gui> overview.
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</item>
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<item>
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Select the disk you want to wipe from the list of storage devices on the
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left.
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<note style="warning">
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Make sure that you have selected the correct disk! If you choose the
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wrong disk, all of the files on the other disk will be deleted!
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</note>
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</item>
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<item>
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In the toolbar underneath the <gui>Volumes</gui> section, click the
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menu button. Then click <gui>Format…</gui>.
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</item>
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<item>
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In the window that pops up, choose a file system <gui>Type</gui> for the
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disk.
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If you use the disk on Windows and Mac OS computers in addition to Linux
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computers, choose <gui>FAT</gui>. If you only use it on Windows, <gui>NTFS</gui>
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may be a better option. A brief description of the <gui>file system type</gui>
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will be presented as a label.
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</item>
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<item>
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Give the disk a name and click <gui>Format…</gui> to continue and show a
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confirmation window. Check the details carefully, and click
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<gui>Format</gui> to wipe the disk.
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</item>
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<item>
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Once the formatting has finished, click the eject icon to safely remove
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the disk. It should now be blank and ready to use again.
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</item>
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</steps>
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<note style="warning">
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<title>Formatting a disk does not securely delete your files</title>
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Formatting a disk is not a completely secure way of wiping all of its
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data. A formatted disk will not appear to have files on it, but it is
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possible that special recovery software could retrieve the files. If you
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need to securely delete the files, you will need to use a command-line
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utility, such as <app>shred</app>.
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</note>
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</page>
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