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Copying data from 6 hard drives to 1 big one, in linux (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by applemao@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world

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Maybe a dumb question. But is this just a matter of copying over? I have 6 hdds I've accumulated and want all the data from them on one big drive now. They are all ntfs as they are from windows, but I am going to boot from my mint drive to move the files, just so windows isnt running or accessing anything on the drives while I move the data. I'm transitioning to full linux, but I want to consolidate these drives first. I dont want to clone drives, so no dd here, just copying files from 6 different drives onto 1.

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[–] Tyoda@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I mean, yeah? Not sure what else it could involve.

Coming from NTFS (and assuming you're going to a linuxy FS now) permissions will have to start from scratch, and you probably want it all owned by your user with default permissions anyway.

If you've just bought the big drive, keep the data around on the little ones for a while in case it craps out early in life. Also keep a backup afterwards ofc...