- 1). Open a terminal. Click "Applications," click "Accessories" and click "Terminal" on Ubuntu.
- 2). Install the ntfsprogs package from your Linux distribution's software repositories. Type "sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs" into the terminal window on Ubuntu and press "Enter," type your password and press "Enter." See your Linux distribution's documentation for information on installing software.
- 3). Open GParted. Click "System," click "Administration" and click "GParted Partition Editor" on Ubuntu. Close GParted and re-open it if it was open while you installed the ntfsprogs package.
- 4). Click the box at the upper-right corner of the GParted window and select the disk you want to partition by clicking its name in the list.
- 5). Format an existing partition or create a new partition. Format an existing partition by right-clicking the partition in the GParted window, clicking "Format To" and clicking "NTFS." Create a new NTFS partition by right-clicking unallocated space, clicking "New," clicking the "File System" box, clicking "NTFS" and then clicking "Add."
- 6). Click the "Edit" menu at the top of the GParted window and click "Apply All Operations."
- 7). Click "Apply."
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