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Restructure and word-smith UUID translatable text 

Restructure and word-smith translatable text associated with the
enhancement to add ability for setting UUID in an effort to better
align with the Gnome Documentation Style Guide.

See Bug #667278 - Add support for setting UUID
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help/C/gparted.xml
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@ -1044,11 +1044,6 @@
the partition when mounting the partition.
</para>
<para>
Note that using UUIDs is not a panacea. See
<xref linkend="gparted-changing-partition-uuid"/> for
more information.
</para>
<para>
Changes in a device name might adversely affect the
following files:
<itemizedlist>
@ -1153,180 +1148,43 @@
</para>
<warning>
<para>
Changing the UUID of an existing filesystem may affect the ability of a
Linux system to boot. On Windows, it may affect the validity of the
Windows Product Activation key.
Changing the UUID might invalidate the Windows Product
Activation key (WPA).
</para>
<para>
Please read (one of) the following sections for more information
if this may be a concern.
On FAT and NTFS file systems, the Volume Serial Number
is treated as the UUID. Changing the Volume Serial
Number on the Windows system partition, such as C:,
might invalidate the WPA key. An invalid WPA key will
prevent login until you reactivate Windows.
</para>
<para>
In an attempt to avoid invalidating the WPA key, on
NTFS file systems only half of the UUID is set to a
new random value.
</para>
<para>
If the WPA key is invalidated you will need to
reactivate Windows before you can login.
</para>
<para>
The WPA key should not be affected by changing the
UUID of data partitions or removable media partitions.
</para>
</warning>
<note>
<para>
For FAT and NTFS filesystems, what GParted names, and treats as, the
UUID, is in fact its Volume Serial Number.
</para>
<para>
An NTFS filesystem also has a real UUID, but that is a different number,
which cannot and should not be changed - at all.
</para>
</note>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<sect4 id="gparted-linux-uuid-issues">
<title>UUIDs in Linux</title>
<para>
Modern Linux systems are usually configured to use UUIDs to locate
and identify the different filesystems or partitions when booting. Some
partition types, like LVM physical volumes, are <emphasis>only</emphasis>
identified using their UUID. Making changes to partitions may therefore
affect the Linux boot process in different ways:
</para>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>When copying a partition</term>
<listitem>
<para>
When a copy was made of a partition, and both the original
and the copy are ever present on the same machine at the same
time, Linux may (will)
not be able to predictably identify which is which. This is caused
by the fact that the UUID is used for identification, and
both partitions, being copies, have the same UUID.
</para>
<para>
If such confusion happens at boot time, the results will be
unpredictable. One or the other will essentially be selected at random,
and possibly a different one at each boot. Over time, this random
nature of partition selection might make files seem to mysteriously
appear or disappear depending upon which partition is selected. It may
also cause severe data corruption or loss.
</para>
<para>
This can, and should, be avoided by changing the UUID of the copy. It
is safest to change the UUID of a copied partition at all times, as both
partitions, or other copies of it, may meet again on the same computer,
with unexpected and unpredictable
results.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>When changing the UUID of a partition</term>
<listitem>
<para>
When changing he UUID of a partition, Linux may no longer be able to
correctly identify the partition. If the partition is needed when
booting, this may result in a failure to boot.
</para>
<para>
Do not change a partition's UUID if that partition is not intended to be
a copy of an existing partition, unless you know what you are doing,
and prepared to deal with the consequences.
</para>
<para>
Before changing UUIDs of Windows partitions, please be sure to
read <xref linkend="gparted-windows-uuid-issues"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect4>
<sect4 id="gparted-windows-uuid-issues">
<title>UUIDs in Windows</title>
<para>
On NTFS and FAT filesystems, the number that GParted names, and treats as
UUID, is in fact the Volume Serial Number.
</para>
<warning>
<para>
When changing the UUID / Volume Serial Number on a partition that will
(continue to) be used on the same hardware, using the same Windows licence,
please read this section carefully.
Changing the UUID might cause a GNU/Linux system to
fail to boot, or to fail to mount a file system.
</para>
<para>
The information in this section is provided as is.
It is believed to be accurate, but it might in fact be incorrect, or subtly
misleading. Use GParted at your own risk. If you cannot afford to take
the risk of making Windows unbootable and/or loosing your data, then do
not use GParted.
If boot or mount problems occur you might need to edit
configuration files, such as /etc/fstab, to ensure
that the correct UUID is specified.
</para>
</warning>
<para>
Changing the Volume Serial Number of an NTFS or FAT partition that is used by Windows, may
have different consequences depending on the kind of partition in question.
</para>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>UUIDs on Windows system partitions</term>
<listitem>
<para>
On Windows, the Volume Serial Number of the System partition is
usually used<footnote>
<para>
In atypical cases, the Volume Serial Number of another partition might
be the one that is used instead.
</para>
</footnote>
for Windows Product Activation (WPA). The first modification of this number will
count as a change for WPA. Subsequent modifications are 'free'.
</para>
<para>
Too many such WPA-affecting changes, like replacing the primary harddisk
or the processor, or adding memory, will invalidate the WPA key. In that
case, windows needs to be re-activated.
</para>
<para>
For NTFS filesystems only, GParted can, and will, attempt to avoid making a
change that could be WPA-affecting, by changing only half of the NTFS Volume
Serial Number. Such a half-change should also be safe, in principle.
Nevertheless, no guarantees can be given.
</para>
<para>
As there is no easy way to revert a Volume Serial Number change (it will not,
for instance, be included in a regular backup), it should not be changed
casually, and not unless one is prepared to take the risk, and re-activate
Windows when the change proved to be one too many for WPA.
</para>
<para>
As long as a partition having the <emphasis>original</emphasis> Volume Serial
Number is present at Windows boot time, WPA requirements should normally be
satisfied, and no WPA change should be noted by Windows.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>UUIDs on data partitions</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The NTFS or FAT Volume Serial Number on a data partition is not normally used
for WPA, although there may be exceptions. Changing it should therefore not
affect WPA.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>UUIDs on external storage media</term>
<listitem>
<para>
On external storage media that are not permanently attached, and not present
at Windows boot time, the Volume Serial Number is not (cannot be) used for
WPA, and therefore the validity of the WPA key should not be affected when
the Volume Serial Number is changed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect4>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</sect3>
@ -1865,7 +1723,9 @@
the copy of the partition might be mounted. Over time this
random nature of partition mounting might make files seem to
mysteriously appear or disappear depending upon which
partition is mounted.
partition is mounted. Random mounting of the source or the
copy of the partition might also cause severe data
corruption or loss.
</para>
<para>
To avoid the problem you are advised to do one of the

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src/OperationChangeUUID.cc
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@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ void OperationChangeUUID::apply_to_visual( std::vector<Partition> & partitions )
void OperationChangeUUID::create_description()
{
if ( partition_new .uuid == UUID_RANDOM_NTFS_HALF ) {
/*TO TRANSLATORS: looks like Set half the UUID to a new, random value on ntfs filesystem on /dev/sda1 */
description = String::ucompose( _("Set half the UUID to a new, random value on %1 filesystem on %2")
/*TO TRANSLATORS: looks like Set half the UUID to a new random value on ntfs file system on /dev/sda1 */
description = String::ucompose( _("Set half the UUID to a new random value on %1 file system on %2")
, Utils::get_filesystem_string( partition_new .filesystem )
, partition_new .get_path()
) ;

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src/fat16.cc
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@ -29,18 +29,17 @@
namespace GParted
{
const Glib::ustring fat16::Change_UUID_Warning [] = { _( "This may invalidate your Windows Activation key."
const Glib::ustring fat16::Change_UUID_Warning [] =
{ _( "Changing the UUID might invalidate the Windows Product Activation (WPA) key."
)
, _( "On FAT and NTFS filesystems, GParted"
" uses the Volume Serial Number as UUID."
" Changing the Volume Serial Number on the Windows"
" system partition may invalidate the Windows Activation key."
, _( "On FAT and NTFS file systems, the"
" Volume Serial Number is treated as the UUID."
" Changing the Volume Serial Number on the Windows system"
" partition, such as C:, might invalidate the WPA key."
" An invalid WPA key will prevent login until you reactivate Windows."
)
, _( "External storage media and non-system partitions are normally safe,"
" but guarantees cannot be given."
)
, _( "Please read the manual for more information, and do not apply"
" this change if you are not prepared to re-activate Windows"
, _( "Changing the UUID on external storage media and non-system partitions"
" is usually safe, but guarantees cannot be given."
)
, ""
} ;

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src/ntfs.cc
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@ -22,20 +22,21 @@
namespace GParted
{
const Glib::ustring ntfs::Change_UUID_Warning [] = { _( "This may invalidate your Windows Activation key."
const Glib::ustring ntfs::Change_UUID_Warning [] =
{ _( "Changing the UUID might invalidate the Windows Product Activation (WPA) key."
)
, _( "On FAT and NTFS filesystems, GParted"
" uses the Volume Serial Number as UUID."
" Changing the Volume Serial Number on the Windows"
" system partition may invalidate the Windows Activation key."
, _( "On FAT and NTFS file systems, the"
" Volume Serial Number is treated as the UUID."
" Changing the Volume Serial Number on the Windows system"
" partition, such as C:, might invalidate the WPA key."
" An invalid WPA key will prevent login until you reactivate Windows."
)
, _( "External storage media and non-system partitions are normally safe."
" GParted also attempts to avoid the problem by changing only"
" half of the serial number, which should be safe as well."
" Nevertheless, guarantees cannot be given."
, _( "In an attempt to avoid invalidating the WPA key, on"
" NTFS file systems only half of the UUID is set to a"
" new random value."
)
, _( "Please read the manual for more information, and do not apply"
" this change if you are not prepared to re-activate Windows"
, _( "Changing the UUID on external storage media and non-system partitions"
" is usually safe, but guarantees cannot be given."
)
, ""
} ;