• meliaesc@lemmy.world
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    4 hours 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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        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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        2 hours ago

        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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        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