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      <name>GNOME 文档项目</name>
      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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    <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.13.91" date="2014-09-05" status="review"/>

    <desc>通过格式化，删除一个外接硬盘或 U 盘上的所有文件和文件夹。</desc>
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    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>TeliuTe</mal:name>
      <mal:email>teliute@163.com</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2011, 2012</mal:years>
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<title>擦除可移动磁盘上的所有数据</title>

  <p>If you have a removable disk, like a USB memory stick or an external hard
 disk, you may sometimes wish to completely remove all of its files and
 folders. You can do this by <em>formatting</em> the disk — this deletes all
 of the files on the disk and leaves it empty.</p>

<steps>
  <title>格式化可移动磁盘</title>
  <item>
    <p>Open <app>Disks</app> from the <gui>Activities</gui> overview.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <p>Select the disk you want to wipe from the list of storage devices on the
    left.</p>

    <note style="warning">
      <p>一定要确保您选择正确的磁盘！如果您选错了，将会删除其他磁盘上的文件！</p>
    </note>
  </item>
  <item>
    <p>In the toolbar underneath the <gui>Volumes</gui> section, click the
    menu button. Then click <gui>Format…</gui>.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <p>In the window that pops up, choose a file system <gui>Type</gui> for the
    disk.</p>
   <p>如果除 Linux 计算机以外，您还要在 Windows 和 Mac OS 计算机上使用该磁盘，请选择 <gui>FAT</gui> 格式。如果您仅在 Windows 中使用它，选择 <gui>NTFS</gui> 可能更好。在这里您还将看到各个<gui>文件系统类型</gui>的简单说明。</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <p>Give the disk a name and click <gui>Format…</gui> to continue and show a
    confirmation window. Check the details carefully, and click
    <gui>Format</gui> to wipe the disk.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <p>Once the formatting has finished, click the eject icon to safely remove
    the disk. It should now be blank and ready to use again.</p>
  </item>
</steps>

<note style="warning">
 <title>格式化并不能安全地删除您的文件</title>
  <p>格式化磁盘并不是擦除所有数据的绝对完全方式。经过格式化的磁盘不会显示含有文件，但通过特殊的数据软件却可能重新恢复这些文件。如果您需要安全地删除文件，您将需要使用命令行程序，如 <app>shred</app>。</p>
</note>

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