I’m planning on dual booting Windows and Linux on my computer, but each system from a separate hard drive, but what about my 3rd hard drive (which i use mostly for storing games, videos etc…) Should i use ExFAT? I can’t really use NTFS because Linux can’t write to it.

  • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 years ago

    Linux can write NTFS just fine.

    Another alternative is to use ext4 and then install something in Windows to read it, like Linux File Systems For Windows or similar. *

  • domdel@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 years ago

    i think exfat is your best bet. linux can read/write on an ntfs drive but its slower (at least on my pc).

  • Mr. Beedell, Roke JL@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 years ago

    exFAT supports R&W between approximately Linux 3+, Windows 8+, and Android 13+. It should also support macOS. NTFS is significantly more reliable and functional, but only supports R&W on specific Android apps, is read-only on macOS, but is perfectly usable on new versions of Linux, and Windows 7+.

  • zikk_transport2@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Myself I have dual boot. For the sake of simplicity - let’s say I have 2 drives:

    1. 512GB NVME SSD - for OSes.
    2. 2TB SATA SSD - for games.

    512gb ssd partitioned into 2 parts - 256 for Linux and 256 for Windows.

    2TB ssd without partitions, but a plain BTRFS with zstd compression storage.

    Guess what - There is WinBTRFS driver. I am also sharing the same Steam library (on 2TB ssd) between both OSes… 😅 Works like a charm. 👌👌👌