PARTITION LOGIC USER MANUAL
FORMATTING A PARTITION
'Format' button
 |
'Format' Partition menu
item
 |
The format function is used to create a new filesystem on a
partition (and consequently, delete any existing filesystem). To format
a partition you must first select it in either the
partition
diagram or the partition list (when the selected
item is empty space, this function is disabled). Before formatting a
partition, you must commit any outstanding changes using the
write changes function, or else undo your changes
using the undo function. Only some filesystem
types (FAT, EXT2, and Linux swap for example) can be created using the format
function. A dialog box will prompt you for the new desired filesystem
type. Once a format commences the data is physically changed on disk, so
you cannot subsequently use the undo
function to undo
a format operation. |