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[Question #77586]: How to reformat and use a second removable hard drive

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From: Rodney <question77586@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:11:14 -0000
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New question #77586 on Ubuntu:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77586

I've added a second drive (using a removable drawer for the second hard drive).  This is a drive that has an earlier version of Mandrake Linux on it but I want to reformat the drive to use as a removable storage for confidential data.  I do not know how to do that as I am a new comer when it comes to Ubuntu.  Here is a copy of the stab file and of fdisk -l.   It appears that the disk is being seen by fdisk but it does not show up when I use GUI and Computer.
george@george-desktop:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/sda5
UUID=4cf16bf4-944e-4646-aed2-ee1870bdeea4 /               ext3    relatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /dev/sda6
UUID=31a4ce2b-3a96-4ffe-bd63-3180b9a072e7 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

george@george-desktop:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 34.2 GB, 34219745280 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4160 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x38ee38ee

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        2081    16715601    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            2082        4160    16699567+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5            2082        4067    15952513+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6            4068        4160      746991   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 8455 MB, 8455200768 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1027 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1        1026     8241340+  54  OnTrackDM6
george@george-desktop:~$ 

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.  Rodney

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