You can format an external hard drive in Ubuntu Gnome partition editor.Provides a graphical interface to simplify formatting and resizing hard disk partitions, even on external drives.GParted is installed by default on maximum Ubuntu systems.If it’s not already. Currently, the program can be downloaded and installed for free.
Log in to your Ubuntu installation with your administrator and password.
Click “Applications” on the most sensitive part of the menu bar.Select “Accessories” from the drop-down menu and click “Terminal” from the pop-up menu.
Click the terminal screen to position the cursor.At the command prompt, type:
sudo apt-get gparted ntfsprogs
Tap “Input” to install the GParted graphics partition editor, if it is not already installed.
Connect your external hard drive and turn it on if necessary.
Right-click the external hard drive icon after it appears on the desktop.Select “Unmount Volume” from the pop-up menu.
Click “System” in the most sensitive menu.Scroll down to “Administration” and “Partition Manager” in the pop-up menu.
Click the “Units” menu to the right of “Partition Manager”.Select your external hard drive from the list.
Select the external hard drive in the main window under “Partition Manager”. Right click and “Format to:” from the menu.
Select the disk burn formula (ext2, ext3, NTFS, FAT32, etc.) from the menu that appears.Click OK “.
Nathan McGinty began writing in 1995, holds a bachelor’s degree in communications science from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in foreign journalism from the City University of London.He has worked in the generation industry for over 20 years., in positions ranging from technician to marketing.