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[–] 1 point 13 hours ago (1 child)

Yeah, I need to switch it at some point, but it's a 4TB HDD, and my other drives are smaller. I need to delete a bunch of stuff to be able to reformat it.

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  • [–] 2 points 13 hours ago

    Depending on the amount of data, you might be able to shrink the existing NTFS partition, create a partition next to it of the proper filesystem type, move the data between the partitions, delete the NTFS partition, and expand the replacement.

    But I wouldn't attempt that on ant data you care about unless you have backups. I've done things like that a lot working in the tech industry, and sometimes things just break.

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