Difference between revisions of "Tools/Format"
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== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
| + | * Select the device to be formatted from the list on the left. | ||
| + | * Enter the label, which will be the volume name of the partition. | ||
| + | * Check the filesystem dependant options. Check the note below. | ||
| + | * Click the "Quick Format..." button. In practise all modern devices should be formatted only with that option. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
| − | Also accessible though Ambient RMB > Utilities > Format. | + | * Also accessible though Ambient RMB > Utilities > Format. |
| + | * About the Recycled option with SFS: | ||
| + | ** SFS is the default filesystem on MorphOS. It can have a special directory which contains recently deleted files. The directory is named as .recycled and it resides at the root level of every SFS partition (SYS:.recycled for example). Depending the format options it may be disabled, hidden but accessible, or visible. | ||
| + | ** If it's hidden, you can't see it even with "View All Files" option, but you can access it from the shell or Ambient (for example by pressing / key and then writing it to the path string after the volume name). | ||
| + | ** You shouldn't modify any files in it, but you can recover deleted files by copying them to some other path. | ||
| + | ** The directory is purged automatically when needed. | ||
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== Screenshot == | == Screenshot == | ||
: [[File:Format.png]] | : [[File:Format.png]] | ||
Revision as of 19:15, 8 December 2015
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Description
Tool for formatting partitions created on hard disk, USB storage, etc.
Usage
- Select the device to be formatted from the list on the left.
- Enter the label, which will be the volume name of the partition.
- Check the filesystem dependant options. Check the note below.
- Click the "Quick Format..." button. In practise all modern devices should be formatted only with that option.
Notes
- Also accessible though Ambient RMB > Utilities > Format.
- About the Recycled option with SFS:
- SFS is the default filesystem on MorphOS. It can have a special directory which contains recently deleted files. The directory is named as .recycled and it resides at the root level of every SFS partition (SYS:.recycled for example). Depending the format options it may be disabled, hidden but accessible, or visible.
- If it's hidden, you can't see it even with "View All Files" option, but you can access it from the shell or Ambient (for example by pressing / key and then writing it to the path string after the volume name).
- You shouldn't modify any files in it, but you can recover deleted files by copying them to some other path.
- The directory is purged automatically when needed.
