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Windows8.1 is pre-installed in a 500GB HDD and then also installed Ubuntu14.04 in the second 256GB SSD for dual booting. Since planning to use Ubuntu as main OS, I want to store files in the larger space in the HDD while running OS from the SSD.

Now should I make a partition in the 500GB HDD for such storage purpose? If I make a folder, say 'LinuxStorage', as in 'C:/Users/UserProfile/LinuxStorage' and store all Linux files and folders in it, could it cause any problem? Thanks

Asif Rehan
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  • What files you will store in? System or your documents? Just don't know your curren system partitioning. – user3417815 Apr 29 '15 at 22:24
  • PDF, documents, images, downloads etc. in the Windows8 HDD. The Ubuntu /Home in SSD is to be used for storing necessary coding tools and softwares. – Asif Rehan Apr 29 '15 at 22:32
  • So, yes, you can use it. Linux supports ntfs filesystem, since you not placed systems files in there it's ok to use Win 8 drive. Just don't place /home/, /home/user there, do symlink to your hdd or open it every time from file browser – user3417815 Apr 29 '15 at 22:33
  • More specifically, does it affect Windows performance if I need to use that OS? Any particular issues with permission when a file is created/edited in one OS and opened in another? – Asif Rehan Apr 29 '15 at 22:48
  • @user832 nope, it doesn't. Files and folders created with rules of filesystem. There is different implementation of fs drivers, but same rules at all. – user3417815 Apr 29 '15 at 23:34
  • This is not about relocating /home. This answers it, even though it is based on another topic. – Asif Rehan Apr 29 '15 at 23:52

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What you can do is to boot live USB, and partition your 500 GB HHD to have an ext4 partition, say of 250 GB in size, and leave the other 250 GB for Windows 8. Once done, boot into Ubuntu normally, and find out the UUID of the partition that you created. For that , use sudo blkid, or sudo blkid | awk '/ext4/ {print }'. Once you know it, edit /etc/fstab to be mounted on each boot; use this as reference

Thus your files will be stored on that other hard drive, and under filesystem that linux understands, which should help you avoid any trouble. Something similar is done when moving home onto separate partition

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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