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    <credit type="author">
      <name>Progetto documentazione di GNOME</name>
      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
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    <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.13.91" date="2014-09-05" status="review"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.37.2" date="2020-08-13" status="review"/>

    <desc>Eliminare file e cartelle formattando un disco esterno oppure un'unità USB.</desc>
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    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>Luca Ferretti</mal:name>
      <mal:email>lferrett@gnome.org</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2011, 2012</mal:years>
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    <mal:credit xmlns:mal="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="translator copyright">
      <mal:name>Flavia Weisghizzi</mal:name>
      <mal:email>flavia.weisghizzi@ubuntu.com</mal:email>
      <mal:years>2011, 2012</mal:years>
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<title>Eliminare tutto da un'unità rimovibile</title>

  <p>If you have a removable disk, like a USB memory stick or an external hard
 disk, you may sometimes wish to completely remove all of its files and
 folders. You can do this by <em>formatting</em> the disk — this deletes all
 of the files on the disk and leaves it empty.</p>

<steps>
  <title>Formattare un'unità rimovibile</title>
  <item>
    <p>Open <app>Disks</app> from the <gui>Activities</gui> overview.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <p>Select the disk you want to wipe from the list of storage devices on the
    left.</p>

    <note style="warning">
      <p>Assicurarsi di avere selezionato il disco giusto. Se è stato scelto quello sbagliato, tutti i file presenti saranno persi per sempre.</p>
    </note>
  </item>
  <item>
    <p>In the toolbar underneath the <gui>Volumes</gui> section, click the
    menu button. Then click <gui>Format Partition…</gui>.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <p>In the window that pops up, choose a file system <gui>Type</gui> for the
    disk.</p>
   <p>If you use the disk on Windows and Mac OS computers in addition to Linux
   computers, choose <gui>FAT</gui>. If you only use it on Windows, <gui>NTFS</gui>
   may be a better option. A brief description of the file system type
   will be presented as a label.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <p>Give the disk a name and click <gui>Next</gui> to continue and show a
    confirmation window. Check the details carefully, and click
    <gui>Format</gui> to wipe the disk.</p>
  </item>
  <item>
    <p>Once the formatting has finished, click the eject icon to safely remove
    the disk. It should now be blank and ready to use again.</p>
  </item>
</steps>

<note style="warning">
 <title>Formattare un disco non elimina in modo sicuro i file</title>
  <p>Formattare un disco non è un modo completamente sicuro per eliminare tutti i dati. Un disco formattato all'apparenza non contiene file, ma è possibile ripristinarli con software speciali. Se è necessario eliminare in modo sicuro i file, usare uno strumento a riga di comando come <app>shred</app>.</p>
</note>

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