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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<section version="5.0" xml:id="formatPartitions"
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  <info>
    <title xml:id="formatPartitions-ti1">Formatting</title>
  </info>

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                 format="PNG" revision="1" xml:id="formatPartitions-im1"/>
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                 format="PNG" revision="1" xml:id="live-formatPartitions-im1"/>
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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 preserved.</para>

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

  <para revision="1" xml:id="formatPartitions-pa3">Click on
  <emphasis>Advanced</emphasis> to choose the 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
    <emphasis>Previous</emphasis>, again on <emphasis>Previous</emphasis> and
    then on <emphasis>Custom</emphasis> to get back to the main screen, where
    you can choose to view details of your partitions.</para>
  </tip>

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