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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns42="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="formatPartitions" version="5.0">
  <info>
    <title xml:id="formatPartitions-ti1">Formatting</title>
  </info>

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    </imageobject>

    <imageobject condition="live">
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  </mediaobject>

  <para xml:id="formatPartitions-pa1" revision="2">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 xml:id="formatPartitions-pa2" revision="1">Usually at least the
  partitions DrakX selected, need to be formatted</para>

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

  <tip>
    <para xml:id="formatPartitions-pa4" revision="1">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,
    where you can choose to view details of your partitions.</para>
  </tip>

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