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# Using GDiskFree

## Basic usage

When you start `GDiskFree`, you see the program's Main window, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. GDiskFree Main Window

You'll see a dial for each of the mounted disk drives and/or disk partitions on your computer. The position of the pointer, and the number beneath it, indicate the amount of space used on the disk.

Optionally, `GDiskFree` also displays the size of the disk drive.

The label at the top of each dial identifies the drive or partition it's measuring. `/dev/hda1`, for example, measures the first partition on the first hard drive (hda). `/dev/fd0` indicates it's the first floppy disk. Other identifiers can include `/dev/sda`, for the first SCSI hard drive, and `/dev/sga` for the first generic SCSI device.

By default, the drive's mount point (the directory where the drive shows up in your filesystem) will be shown beneath the dial.

## Menus

The menu bar, located at the top of the Main Window, provides the following commands:

File

  This menu contains command Exit (Ctrl-q) which is self-explanatory.

Settings

  This menu contains command Properties which launches the General Settings dialog.

Help

  This menu contains commands

  - Manual — shows this manual

  - About — shows basic information about `GDiskFree`, such as author's name and version number.

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