Finally ready to switch my final windows device over to linux, but I’m running into a problem. NTFS drives aren’t a good idea under Linux, but my 4 NTFS drives are this full. I own zero extra hard drives, and do not want to spend $300 on another one.

How can I bring these files into Bazzite WITHOUT just wiping everything and re-downloading 10+ terabytes of movies, shows, music, games, and other data I refuse to delete?

  • SootySootySoot [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    21 days ago

    the Linux NTFS drivers refuses to operate on a filesystem which appears to be hibernated, but I do not know if the inverse is true

    This is true, writing to a hibernated system is not a thing you can unknowingly do.

    I’ve never hibernated on Linux but Windows is basically incapable of mounting any UNIX filesystem, so I can’t see that ever happening.

    • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      21 days ago

      Windows is basically incapable of mounting any UNIX filesystem, so I can’t see that ever happening.

      Yes, but if the NFTS was mounted by Linux when it hibernated, suddenly this becomes a possibility.