2013/6/18 Julien Lavergne <gi...@ubuntu.com> > 2013/6/18 Leszek Lesner <leszek.les...@web.de>: > > 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 > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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
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