You might need to format an external hard drive before you can use it with your computer. We have some tips to help the process go smoothly.

You can format an external hard drive in Ubuntu using the Gnome Partition Editor. It provides a graphical interface to simplify formatting and resizing hard drive partitions, even on external drives.

How to format your computer’s primary hard drive If you want to erase your computer’s hard drive—the one you’re actively using—things get a little more complicated.