I'm transitioning to a new PC and moving to CachyOS. I currently have about 1TB of important data on my D: drive, which is an NTFS NVMe. Once I get my new 4TB NVMe and some RAM, I want to know if transferring my data from the old NTFS drive to the new Btrfs drive is as simple as just copy-pasting. I'm a bit anxious about making mistakes and losing my data when I reformat the old drive. Any advice for a newbie trying to navigate this without losing my files?
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Backups are really important! Linux can read NTFS, so you might consider simply moving the old NVMe to your new setup directly. But if you prefer to copy files, using a tool like rsync is a solid option. It’s designed for transferring large amounts of data, though keep in mind that you might lose some file metadata like creation timestamps unless you use specific options.
I planned to plug it into the new PC once I have everything, but I heard NTFS isn't the best on Linux, so I'm thinking of converting it to Btrfs after I set things up. Just want to make sure I don't end up losing anything in the process. Thanks for the advice!