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    I'm not new to Linux, but I am new to this distro, Linux GUI in general (experience is mostly professional Red Hat distro), and this particular hardware.

    I need to move files from the media drive on my old system to the one on my new system. I'm upgrading from a 6TB HDD (NTFS) to an 8TB SSD (that I would prefer end up as ext4). What's the easiest way to facilitate total data transfer? I'm guessing it's not copy/paste in the file manager. Most of what I find online is utilities that would leave me with an 8TB NTFS drive.
     
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    if you're happy with linux on the server you'll have no problems, there's nothing Debian-ish about what you're wanting to do here. I would slice and dice your new 8TB SSD with the Mint installer, then If you can get that drive in a USB caddy or directly into the new system it'll just be a case of mounting the NTFS drive (which Mint I am 99.9% sure will do without causing your grief, Ubuntu can) and then cp, rsync etc. from one to the other. If you can't then it's the same deal in the original computer just it'll be over the network which will be slower.
     
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    wobblytickle said:
    if you're happy with linux on the server you'll have no problems, there's nothing Debian-ish about what you're wanting to do here. I would slice and dice your new 8TB SSD with the Mint installer, then If you can get that drive in a USB caddy or directly into the new system it'll just be a case of mounting the NTFS drive (which Mint I am 99.9% sure will do without causing your grief, Ubuntu can) and then cp, rsync etc. from one to the other. If you can't then it's the same deal just over the network which will be slower.
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    I tried copying via Mint's default file manager, it failed about twenty minutes into a five hour job. The 6TB is a 3.5" internal, so it's currently occupying the quick-release caddy in my Fractal Design Type C case. This made power cabling the new PSU tricky, since it sits a few inches in front of the plug-ins. I'll probably just pull the drive and not the bay, though, since the latter requires removing the entire PSU again.

    I just need the best program for the job. Most of the stuff I find for drive-to-drive would copy over the ntfs file system as well.
     
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    yeah you don't want to image that NTFS drive as, as you say you will end up at best with a 6TB NTFS partition somewhere on your new SSD. If you've got the drive into the new box (however ugly or hacky) then I would simply mount the NTFS somewhere and use rsync from source to destination. I can't remember if you need
    Code: 
    --modify-window=2
    or not with NTFS (you do with fat) but that will give you a a restartable way to copy from one to the other
     
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    I don't trust the GUI for large bulk copy operations as well.

    open a terminal (you can right-click a directory using the filemanager, and open it from there, saves a step)

    Code: 
    cp -R /path/to/source /path/to/dest

    Alternatively, look into using rsync, with the advantage that it can be interrupted and won't repeat all the copied files when resumed
     
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    CPX said:
    The GUI file manager failed at less than 1TB of copying, hence this thread.
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    If the drive is listed under "/media/username/drivename", then this may be the only problem. Mount the drive in //etc/fstab temporarily and reboot.

    1. use blkid > blkid.txt to get a documented list of drive id's through the terminal.

    2. The fstab entry looks like this:

    # ntfs temp
    UUID=123456789ABCDEF /media/ntsff ntsf defaults 0 2

    Unlinked drives and GUI are unreliable. When linked, any method of copy will be trouble-free.

    Post if you have additional problems, and provide as much as info as you can, the fstab, and the output of inxi -Fxxd.

    Sorry. I replied to this immediately, but the forum rules limit posts by newbies.
     
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    ineuw said:
    If the drive is listed under "/media/username/drivename", then this may be the only problem. Mount the drive in //etc/fstab temporarily and reboot.

    1. use blkid > blkid.txt to get a documented list of drive id's through the terminal.

    2. The fstab entry looks like this:

    # ntfs temp
    UUID=123456789ABCDEF /media/ntsff ntsf defaults 0 2

    Unlinked drives and GUI are unreliable. When linked, any method of copy will be trouble-free.

    Post if you have additional problems, and provide as much as info as you can, the fstab, and the output of inxi -Fxxd.

    Sorry. I replied to this immediately, but the forum rules limit posts by newbies.
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    I used plain mount to locate the drive in /storage. Rsync seems to be running fine now at 150-200MiB/s.
     
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