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 === Workbench ===
-Format can be invoked from the Workbench by right clicking on a device icon and selecting the '''Format disk...''' option from the '''icons''' menu or it can be run directly from the '''System''' drawer by double clicking on it's icon.  If you run it directly, the '''Format Select Device''' window will appear listing the available devices on the system.[[File:Format_Icon.png]]
+{|
 === Command Line ===

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 === Workbench ===
-Format can be invoked from the Workbench by right clicking on a device icon and selecting the '''Format disk...''' option from the '''icons''' menu or it can be run directly from the '''System''' drawer by double clicking on it's icon.  If you run it directly, the '''Format Select Device''' window will appear listing the available devices on the system.
+Format can be invoked from the Workbench by right clicking on a device icon and selecting the '''Format disk...''' option from the '''icons''' menu or it can be run directly from the '''System''' drawer by double clicking on it's icon.  If you run it directly, the '''Format Select Device''' window will appear listing the available devices on the system.[[File:Format_Icon.png]]
 === Command Line ===

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 '''Examples:'''
-To fully Format a device ''DH1:'' called ''Empty'' you would use the following command in the CLI:
+To fully Format a device ''DH1:'' with the volume name ''Empty'' you would use the following command in the CLI:
 <pre style="color: black; background:lightgray; font-family:courier; width:60%">
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 </pre>
-To quick Format a device ''DH1:'' called ''Empty'' you would use the following command in the CLI:
+To quick Format a device ''DH1:'' with the volume name ''Empty'' you would use the following command in the CLI:
 <pre style="color: black; background:lightgray; font-family:courier; width:60%">

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 '''Examples:'''
-To fully Format a device '''DH1:'' called ''Empty'' you would use the following command in the CLI:
+To fully Format a device ''DH1:'' called ''Empty'' you would use the following command in the CLI:
 <pre style="color: black; background:lightgray; font-family:courier; width:60%">
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 </pre>
-To quick Format a device '''DH1:'' called ''Empty'' you would use the following command in the CLI:
+To quick Format a device ''DH1:'' called ''Empty'' you would use the following command in the CLI:
 <pre style="color: black; background:lightgray; font-family:courier; width:60%">
 Format DRIVE DH1: NAME Empty QUICK
 </pre>
 === Full / Quick Format ===

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	'''Format''' option is a full format process where every block is erased exhaustively. As a consequence, for large devices or partitions it can take a very long time to complete the Format operation.		'''Format''' option is a full format process where every block is erased exhaustively. As a consequence, for large devices or partitions it can take a very long time to complete the Format operation.
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	== SmartFileSystem Support ==		== SmartFileSystem Support ==

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 Format DRIVE DH1: NAME Empty QUICK
 </pre>
 === Full / Quick Format ===
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 '''Format''' option is a full format process where every block is erased exhaustively.  As a consequence, for large devices or partitions it can take a very long time to complete the Format operation.
 == SmartFileSystem Support ==

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 Shown below are the command line options that the Format command accepts in the CLI:
-<pre style="color: black; background:lightgray; font-family:courier; width:80%">
+<pre style="color: black; background:lightgray; font-family:courier; width:60%">
 DEVICE=DRIVE/K/A,NAME/K/A,OFS/S,FFS/S,
 INTL=INTERNATIONAL/S,

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 <pre style="color: black; background:lightgray; font-family:courier; width:80%">
 DEVICE=DRIVE/K/A,NAME/K/A,OFS/S,FFS/S,
-INTL=INTERNATIONAL/S,NOINTL=NOINTERNATIONAL/S,
+INTL=INTERNATIONAL/S,
-DIRCACHE/S,NODIRCACHE/S,LN=LONGNAME/S,
+NOINTL=NOINTERNATIONAL/S,DIRCACHE/S,
-NOICONS/S,QUICK/S,NOVERIFY/S,NOCONFIRM/S,
+NODIRCACHE/S,LN=LONGNAME/S,NOICONS/S,
 MAXMEM/K/N,RETRY/K/N,LOGFILE/K,
-CS=CASESENSITIVE/S,NR=NORECYCLED/S,SR=SHOWRECYCLED/S
+CS=CASESENSITIVE/S,NR=NORECYCLED/S,
 </pre>

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	'''Format''' option is a full format process where every block is erased exhaustively. As a consequence, for large devices or partitions it can take a very long time to complete the Format operation.		'''Format''' option is a full format process where every block is erased exhaustively. As a consequence, for large devices or partitions it can take a very long time to complete the Format operation.
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		+	== SmartFileSystem Support ==
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		+	Format supports [[SmartFileSystem]] v2 directly through additional options that are displayed in the Format Information window:
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		+	* Case Sensitive
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		+	* Create .recycled
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		+	* Show .recycled
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		+	These can be activated by clicking the associated tick box next to the option on partitions prepped with SFS v2.