what is the best (paid or free) linux recovery tool? I believe you said Kyle to not format Linux fil

what is the best (paid or free) linux recovery tool? I believe you said Kyle to not format Linux files in NTFS (only BTFRS). NTFS wouldnt run games, right? But if they're on my Windows drive which are NTFS, what do I do? Doesn't formatting a drive after mounting it wipe the data?

WWoodsBeatle what is the best (paid or free) linux recovery tool? I believe you said Kyle to ...

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:38 AM

The only thing you can do is take them off that drive or format it as something else

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:38 AM

Proton does not support EXFAT or NTFS

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:38 AM

And if you do so anyway we can't support you if you have a problem

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:39 AM

And the best recovery tools are all free and built in

Pez•8/19/24, 3:39 AM

i tried it for fun and it torched the whole disk don't do that

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:39 AM

oh ok so i cant run those games from the drives? i would need to specifically download them on the flash drive which Bazzite is on

WWoodsBeatle oh ok so i cant run those games from the drives? i would need to *specifically* ...

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:39 AM

If you are installing bazite on a flash drive we also cannot support you

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:39 AM

So no, don't do that

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:40 AM

On my end I have a separate game drive that is BTRFS formatted that I share with Windows via winBTRFS

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:40 AM

That has a risk of data loss because you're using a community-made driver for BTRFS on Windows, but it's just video games so not an issue for me

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:41 AM

And in 5 years it's not bitten me once

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:41 AM

so I guess i shouldnt format my drives then? since formatting from NTFS to BTFRS causes game issues. i'll take that into account

WWoodsBeatle so I guess i shouldnt format my drives then? since formatting from NTFS to BTFRS...

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:41 AM

What

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:41 AM

can i mount them but not format them?

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:41 AM

I'm not sure you understand what formatting means

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:42 AM

im confused yea

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:42 AM

You cannot mount an NTFS drive to play games. Period

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:42 AM

We will not support you in that in any way

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:42 AM

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:42 AM

Reformatting a drive means losing all the data on the drive, that's the only way to change the format

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:43 AM

from some guides on google and YT, some people showed how to mount the drives, but did not specify if that would wipe that drives clean hence why i was confused

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:44 AM

i do have a microSD with some games on it. i read on universalblue that microSD cards auto-mount. would that mean that data is automatically lost?

WWoodsBeatle from some guides on google and YT, some people showed how to mount the drives, b...

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:44 AM

Mounting and formatting are two different things

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:44 AM

You mount an already formatted drive

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:44 AM

But again, if that format is NTFS you're not going to be playing games

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:44 AM

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:46 AM

does Bazzite have hibernation, fast startup and secure boot and if so, how do enable them? should i enable them though since i plan to cycle between Win11 and Linux sometimes?

WWoodsBeatle does Bazzite have hibernation, fast startup and secure boot and if so, how do en...

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:48 AM

Fast startup is a Windows concept, we do not have that

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:48 AM

No hibernation

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:48 AM

Secure boot works

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:49 AM

the password for secure boot (or something else i believe) is 'universalblue'?

Kyle Gospo•8/19/24, 3:49 AM

Yep

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:49 AM

got it. glad i remembered at least one thing

WoodsBeatleOP•8/19/24, 3:50 AM

is there absolutely anything else i should know before proceeding? like any glitches, what should i do if i crash or get errors, do updates equire restarts etc...

WWoodsBeatle is there absolutely anything else i should know before proceeding? like any glit...