GNOME Disks

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Manipulate partitions, check disk status and more with GNOME Disks

If you install second disk you will have to create one or more partitions on it in order to be able to utilize it. You can do this using GNOME Disks tool.

GNOME Disks layout

The most important part is identify your disk. All storage units will be listed on the left sidebar. The disk used as the example is marked with red line (look at the image). Check the model of the disk (blue line), its size (orange line) and ensure it is already empty (does not contain any data, yellow line):

Light green circle is the app's menu button.

Create partition