Do you have a floppy device enabled in your BIOS, but no physical floppy drive in your computer?
See: Why does "Scanning all devices..." take exceedingly long on some computers? http://gparted.org/faq.php#faq-11 This has been a problem in the past. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159288 Title: GParted hang while Scanning all devices for 10 to 15 mn To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gparted/+bug/1159288/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs