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I'm a rookie in the Ubuntu world but want to learn.

I have a media server running Windows 7: four physical drives containing movies. I want to convert the media server to a simple Ubuntu machine. The system drive is separate, so it's easy to change the operating system.

My question is about the three other drives - they are NTFS.

Is it OK to keep them like this? Do I need to convert them? They are almost full :)

I guess I can back them up, one by one, to a temporary external drive if necessary...

Zanna
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EXT4 theoretically performs better than NTFS but full read-write support for NTFS is built into Ubuntu, so you shouldn't have any problems with the existing setup, providing you take appropriate newbie precautions when configuring your installation. This includes making sure that the drives are properly closed by windows by performing a full shutdown before booting into a live disk, and as suggested by @Redbob, it's a good idea to disconnect all data-crucial media when performing a new installation to avoid accidental formatting.

Please see related questions for a comparison of NTFS and EXT4 (the default for the current version of Ubuntu)

Why ext4 File System is better than NTFS?

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