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<h2 class="title"><a name="formatPartitions"></a>Choose the Partitions to
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-formatPartitions-pa8"></a>This step
is only available if you choose to reuse existing
<span class="application">Linux</span> partitions.
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<p><a name="BId-formatPartitions-pa2"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-formatPartitions-it1"></a> You may wish to reformat some of your legacy
<span class="application">Linux</span> partitions and to erase any data they
contain. To do so, please select those partitions as well.
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<p><a name="BId-formatPartitions-pa3"></a>Please note that you don't
have to reformat all <a class="indexterm" name="BId-formatPartitions-it2"></a> pre-existing partitions. You must reformat the partitions
containing the operating system (such as <code class="literal">/</code>,
<code class="literal">/usr</code> and <code class="literal">/var</code>) but not the partitions
containing data you wish to keep (typically,
<code class="literal">/home</code>).
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<p><a name="BId-formatPartitions-pa4"></a>Please be
careful when selecting partitions. After the formatting is completed,
<span class="emphasis"><em>all data on the selected partitions is deleted</em></span> and you
won't be able to recover it.
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<p><a name="BId-formatPartitions-pa5"></a>Click on
<span class="guibutton">Next</span> once you've selected the partitions to
format.
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<p><a name="BId-formatPartitions-pa6"></a>Click on
<span class="guibutton">Previous</span> if you want to choose another partition
for your new <span class="application">Mandriva Linux</span> operating system
installation.
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<p><a name="BId-formatPartitions-pa7"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-formatPartitions-it3"></a> Click on <span class="guilabel">Advanced</span> if you want to
check for partitions with bad blocks on the disk.
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