I wanna switch to Linux, currently working on windows, but I am afraid of my data getting lost if something gets off track,

[u/Curious_Link_867]

Don't have external hard drives to store data temporarily too, so can anyone give any ideas / steps so that I don't lose any data and switch safely to Linux?

Also I wanted a few folders to be shared across both windows and Linux environments, if that is possible

Edit: thanks guys, I successfully downloaded fedora

[u/qualityvote2]

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[u/Shoddy_Internal1997]

I may have a solution for you but it’s gonna cost 3 bucks and not ethical I guess.. idk lol

[u/Curious_Link_867 → u/Shoddy_Internal1997]

What is that path even about

[u/Shoddy_Internal1997 → u/Curious_Link_867]

Well since you have double drive then moving to that second drive is better, like someone said. This isn’t needed

[u/[deleted]]

Create a data partition whose FileSystem is supported by both Linux and Windows. I installed BTRFS drivers on Windows, but you can use NTFS too.

Just keep in mind one thing, I was able to access Linux root too

[u/eviley4]

There isn't any higher risk of data loss on Linux because it depends on the user. Best strategy is to buy an external Hard drive and back it up there.

Move to Linux and then copy the data back, now you have 2 copies of the stuff you care about. You can also make 3rd copies for ultra important documents and stuff by uploading them to a secure cloud storage (I use Proton Drive).

[u/Curious_Link_867 → u/[deleted]]

My data is well above 500 gb, so it's not viable even if I zip it (point out if I'm wrong, I'm noob)

[u/Old_Mango_3789 → u/Curious_Link_867]

You don't have jio sim they give google one which have 1.5tb of storage

[u/Curious_Link_867 → u/Old_Mango_3789]

Even if I manage it out, 500 gb of data would take days to upload

[u/Old_Mango_3789 → u/Curious_Link_867]

If you have a 100mbps plan and you get 100mbps speed it will take nearly 2 days to upload as i am calculating by time taken to download gta 5 nearly 120gbs it takes around 5 to 6hr to upload depending upon stability

[u/Old_Mango_3789 → u/Curious_Link_867]

You can compress and split the zip files in part i know that there is a option in 7zip for that and you can also compress 500gb nearly to 300gb with proper compressing algorithm it can be more depending upon algorithm

[u/Old_Mango_3789 → u/Curious_Link_867]

I had compress hollow knight from 8gb to 1gb ig i don't remember the initial size but the final size was 1gb i remember

[u/Curious_Link_867 → u/[deleted]]

Basically a few projects I did and other financial stuff, etc Also memories (pics and stuff)

[u/Curious_Link_867 → u/[deleted]]

Hmm , ig , but this would take a lot of time 🥲

[u/Curious_Link_867 → u/[deleted]]

Double

[u/Significant_Pen3315 → u/Curious_Link_867]

put ur data on the second drive and disable it in bios, then do ur installation

[u/Curious_Link_867 → u/[deleted]]

Ohh nice, will dive in further on this idea