Can I Install Linux on Ntfs Partition?
Contents No. Ntfs Doesn’t Support Linux File Permissions So You Can’t Install a Linux System on It. Can Linux Run on Ntfs? You Don’t Need a Special Partition...
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No. NTFS doesn’t support Linux file permissions so you can’t install a Linux system on it.
Can Linux run on NTFS?
You don’t need a special partition to “share” files; Linux can read and write NTFS (Windows) just fine.
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Can I install Linux Mint on NTFS partition?
Re: Formating Linux Mint to NTFS
Boot to Live Mint, then format the drive as NTFS using GParted. Your best bet is to install Windows first as you say- let it do what it wants to do (scrap the Linux installation for now). Once it is installed, reboot to Live Mint, then run the installation.