At the current latest Ubuntu, 8.10 aka Intrepid, I've been using my external 1Tb drive as a NTFS drive and been pounding on it for at least 6 months. All is well, it's held up to all the heavy duty IO I've put it though. No issues with read, wright, scan, etc.
Joe On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:35 AM, John Mort <[email protected]> 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? > > -- > John D. Mort > http://john.mort.net > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 4 - TBD - 6th Birthday > Mar 7 - Web Hack-a-thon - SUNY Newpaltz > Apr 1 - TBD > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 4 - TBD - 6th Birthday Mar 7 - Web Hack-a-thon - SUNY Newpaltz Apr 1 - TBD
