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    <title xml:id="formatPartitions-ti1">Formatting</title>
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  <para revision="2" xml:id="formatPartitions-pa1">Here you can choose which
    partition(s) you wish to format. Any data on partitions <emphasis>not</emphasis>
    marked for formatting will be saved.</para>

  <para revision="1" xml:id="formatPartitions-pa2">Usually at least the
    partitions DrakX selected, need to be formatted</para>

  <para revision="1" xml:id="formatPartitions-pa3">Click on
    <guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> to choose partitions you want to check for
    so called <emphasis>bad blocks</emphasis></para>

  <tip>
    <para revision="1" xml:id="formatPartitions-pa4">If you're not sure you
    have made the right choice, you can click on
    <guibutton>Previous</guibutton>, again on <guibutton>Previous</guibutton>
    and then on <guibutton>Custom</guibutton> to get back to the main screen.
    In that screen you can choose to view what is in your partitions.</para>
  </tip>

  <para revision="1" xml:id="formatPartitions-pa5">When you are confident
  about the selection, click on <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to
  continue.</para>
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