• meliaesc@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Only the drive you install it on will be affected, but the other drives likely won’t be formatted to work with Linux.

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        1 day ago

        Actually, Linux does support NTFS, although you won’t be able to run executables from it. I suggest getting an external HD/SSD to make a backup of all of your drives, then proceed with the switch to Linux.

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        I always had a fat32 partion available for sharing stuff when i did dualbooting. Just for saving some stuff, but limited to 4 gb files then. Ntfs works as well so either partion or separate drive

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        1 day ago

        Are you just wanting to back up save files? I agree with the other person here, just backup the files that matter to you onto an external drive and then install Linux

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          17 hours ago

          Dude I have no external hard drive that can store all the stuff saved on my two separate drives. No way to back all that up.

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                5 hours ago

                You can get a 5tb hard drive for $100, a 4 tb SSD will be about $200, before sales. Worth having if you value your files, even if you’re not switching OS.