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 Whether the surface test will be performed. Define the level of the surface check to make the program

find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata.

 The amount of sectors per boot. This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 and FAT32 file systems.

Set the number of sectors to be reserved for the boot area on the partition with this spinner control.

 The amount of root entries. This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 file system. Set the maximum

amount of files/directories to be placed in the Root Directory on the FAT16 partition.

 The amount of sectors per cluster. Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner

control.

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Number of available options depends on the selected file system type.

DIALOG SETUP

Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters. In most cases, you can just press the

Format button to confirm the operation.

 File system. From the pull-down list select the desired file system type. In fact, the program displays only

those file systems that can correctly be placed to the selected partition, taking its capacity into

account.

 Volume label. Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field. It is an irrelevant parameter

usually used for drive identification.

In addition, there is the possibility to make further detailed settings (although the default values will do in most

cases). To activate the advance mode, you need to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog

page. Depending on the chosen file system, the following options become available:

 Use OS built-in routine. Mark the checkbox to restrict the available values according to the used OS.