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Best partitioning scheme for dual boot ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by Written2323@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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Hello ! I am actually running a dual boot with Windows and Arch. I have 5 disks (3 HDD and 2 nvme SSD) with this partitioning. These are the drives : HDDs :

WD Blue 2 TB hdd (5400 RPM)
WD Blue 1TB hdd (7200 RPM)
Seagate Barracuda 2TB hdd (7200 RPM) SSDs :
Samsung 870 evo 512GB
Kingston A1000 256GB

And this is the partition scheme that I used so far

Windows
- 512 GB SSD => NTFS for the OS
- 2 TB HDD (Seagate one) => NTFS for games
- 1TB out of the other 2 TB (Wd blue) drive (Backups) NTFS
Linux
- 256 GB SSD => ext4 for the OS
- 1 TB HDD => ext4 for data and games
- 1TB out of the other 2 TB drive (Backups) ext4

Some problems that I encounter are disk space problems on the Linux SSD because sometimesvI want to install demanding games on it.

Do you have any advice on what I can do to make this scheme better?

Thank you in advance.

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[–] Zeth0s@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ntfs is a notoriously bad file system. If he has the physical space (which he has), better to use a better file system. Ext4 might be "old" but it's a much better FS. Backup space is overblown imho