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How can I bring my files and games from Windows to Linux? (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by to c/technology@hexbear.net
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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?

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[–] [S] 5 points 3 days ago (1 child)

Are you not worried if a drive dies and losing everything?

It's copies of movies and tv shows for Plex. Yes, I'm worried about it but I can't afford the amount of storage needed to have backups of media available on my private tracker.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

    At this point your only options are the filesystem shuffle for a billion hours or using ntfs on linux where it might just corrupt your data one day silently or break in a way that needs windows to fix it. Or continue using windows.

    I haven’t used ntfs on linux in a long time. Hopefully its better now then when i last tried but it can be afaik a bit nefarious where it works great until it doesn't

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