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[Iberê Fernandes <ibere.fernandes@xxxxxxxxx>]

2013/6/18 Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>

> 2013/6/18 Leszek Lesner <leszek.lesner@xxxxxx>:
> > As far as I know the gnome-disk-utility is a good diagnosis tool for
> SMART
> > and other data around harddrives. It also warns you whenever you make a
> > destructive move. So I don't think we should remove it.
>
> It's also the only way I know to format an USB drive easily (not using dd).
>
> Regards,
> Julien Lavergne
>
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For a newcomer that knows nothing about CLI and depends on GUI: using the
Disk Utility is the only way to completely turn off an external HDD.

Cheers,
Iberê