irelephant [he/him]@programming.devM to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoTwo by two, onto the usb you go.programming.devimagemessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1346arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1338arrow-down1imageTwo by two, onto the usb you go.programming.devirelephant [he/him]@programming.devM to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square52linkfedilinkfile-text
Transcript A picture of Noahs Ark. It has the caption “How I feel Gathering all my files before reinstalling windows”
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·2 months agoBut then I have to spend the next week moving file between drives to I can format them away from NTFS.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agoLinux can read and write NTFS just fine. I’ve been using that functionality for years.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoUnless they’re the ones that store your Steam library.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoDitto. That okay, I haven’t used Windows at home in years.
minus-squarevoodooattack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoHere’s a tool that does an in-place conversion to btrfs (and keeps an image of the original partition saved after it’s done) https://github.com/maharmstone/ntfs2btrfs
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoNice mate, saving that one for later.
But then I have to spend the next week moving file between drives to I can format them away from NTFS.
Linux can read and write NTFS just fine. I’ve been using that functionality for years.
Unless they’re the ones that store your Steam library.
And that is my use case.
Ditto.
That okay, I haven’t used Windows at home in years.
Here’s a tool that does an in-place conversion to btrfs (and keeps an image of the original partition saved after it’s done)
https://github.com/maharmstone/ntfs2btrfs
Nice mate, saving that one for later.