“Is this compatible with Linux Mint? If so, do I need to reformat?”

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• If you are using it only for Linux then the preferred file system for Mint would be ext4. If you are going between windows and Linux Mint I would suggest formatting it as NTFS which I believe should work fine in Linux Mint. I have only used this specific drive in a windows environment so I cannot say for certain it works, but I’d be surprised if it didn’t.

  Answered by Peter 6 years ago

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• Yes it works with Linux, though I can't say anything about the apps which are included. I use it on both Windows 10 and Linux without any reformatting or modifications.

  Answered by jagfan 6 years ago

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• Most likely it’s compatible. However the drive is formatted to NTFS out of the box. Highly probable a reformat will be necessary to work with Linux unless the Linux system has the capability to read/write to NTFS drive volumes.

  Answered by TheConsultant 6 years ago

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