Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive?

From	Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive?
Date	2026-05-11 14:02 +0000
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On 2026-05-10, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 May 2026 11:48:36 +0300, Oguz Kaan Ocal wrote:
>
>> Another part of me thinks that would be stupid and I'd eventually
>> need something from the old system again.
>
> My personal philosophy is “never throw anything away”. ;)
>
> There’s no harm in keeping the old Windows volume online, permanently
> mounted read-only. Then every time you remember something you forgot
> to transfer across, it’s there at your fingertips.
>
> If your new drive is big enough, you could even take an image of the
> Windows volume and work with that, and keep the original stored away
> somewhere safe as a backup.

I used to delete stuff, because I had no hard drive space.  Nothing I
regret, but there are some things I wish I had kept, like old
schoolwork, some old projects, etc.

Hard drives are so, so cheap it makes no sense to delete files you don't
really want to delete, especially older files.  Hard Disks are like 10c
per gigabyte.

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Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? Oguz Kaan Ocal <oguzkaanocal3169@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-10 11:48 +0300
  Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-10 12:25 +0000
  Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-10 19:29 +0200
  Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-05-10 17:40 +0000
    Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-05-10 17:08 -0700
      Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-05-12 19:55 +0000
        Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-05-12 15:44 -0700
          Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-05-12 23:42 +0000
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    Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-11 12:52 +0100
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        Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-13 09:49 +0100
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  Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-10 20:08 +0000
    Re: Thinking about moving to Linux permanently, should I keep my Windows drive? Borax Man <boraxman@geidiprime.invalid> - 2026-05-11 14:02 +0000
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