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<link type="guide" xref="index#scan"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2012-02-20" status="review"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#scan"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-07-20" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Julita Inca</name>
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<email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>Scan all internal and removable storage devices.</desc>
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<desc>Scan your internal storage devices.</desc>
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<title>Scan the file system</title>
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<p>To find out how much space your file system takes up:</p>
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<p>Select <guiseq><gui>Analyzer</gui><gui>Scan File System</gui></guiseq>
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<p>Your file system includes all internal and removable storage devices which
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are mounted when the respective folder is scanned.</p>
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<p>To scan your computer, select the name of your computer from the list of
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<gui>Devices and locations</gui>. All of the folders that you have permission
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to access on your computer will be scanned. It is quite common for you to not
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have permissions to scan some directories on your computer.</p>
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<p>If the file system that you are trying to scan is large, it may take a
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few minutes for the scan to complete.</p>
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<p>Select <guiseq><gui>Analyzer</gui><gui>Stop</gui></guiseq> to cancel the
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current scan, or <guiseq><gui>Analyzer</gui><gui>Refresh</gui></guiseq> to
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repeat the last scan.</p>
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few minutes for the scan to complete. To cancel the scan, press the button
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in the top-left corner of the screen to return to the list of devices.</p>
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<p>The results may be useful in deciding which folders can be
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<link href="help:file-roller">archived</link>,
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<link href="help:gnome-help/files-delete">deleted</link> or
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<link href="help:gnome-help/files-copy">moved</link> to free up space. You can
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also use the results to estimate how much space would be needed for a
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<link href="help:gnome-help/backup-how">backup</link> of specific folders.</p>
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<p>Right-click on any folder and select <gui>Open Folder</gui> to launch the
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<app>Files</app> application, or <gui>Move to Trash</gui> to move your folder
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to <file>Trash</file>.</p>