On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 09:35:05AM -0500, John Mort wrote: > A friend of mine is looking to switch from XP to Ubuntu. She wants to know > how to handle moving her data over, and I figured I'd check here first > before replying. My understanding is that Linux has no problems reading > NTFS drives these days, the only risk is in writing to them. So as long as > she has another HDD to move her data to, it should be a simple matter of > coping things over before reformating the NTFS drive. Am I correct?
Yes. Writing is pretty stable too now with ntfs-3g, however a healthy amount of caution when migrating your data is always good. -m -- Mike Kershaw/Dragorn <[email protected]> GPG Fingerprint: 3546 89DF 3C9D ED80 3381 A661 D7B2 8822 738B BDB1 A computer without microsoft is like a dog without bricks strapped to its head.
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