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To create a new partition: <placeholder-1/>

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Formatting a partition

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You can use <application>GNOME Partition Editor</application> to format disk partitions (see <xref linkend="partitioning-device"/> for more information on <application>GNOME Partition Editor</application>).

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Select the partition you want to format and choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Partition</guimenu><guimenuitem>Format to</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select from the list the type of filesystem to format the partition to.

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To format a partition, do as follows: <placeholder-1/>

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Pressing <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> will cause all of the files on the partition to be permanently deleted.

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What is formatting?

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To format a hard disk, device or partition means to prepare that particular device to be used for storing data.

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The operation of formatting a hard disk or partition is when a specific data-storage format is applied to that device; this format is the <quote>filesystem</quote>.

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When you buy a disk it is usually not formatted, and cannot yet be used for storing data. When you format the device, you will notice that the free space on it is less than the original size. This is due to the fact that some space has to be used to make the device usable; this space is occupied by the filesystem. Also, disk manufacturers often use a different standard to measure disk capacity, which results in a further discrepancy.