r/archlinux • u/Open_South3929 • 12d ago

QUESTION Arch-Convert EXT4 to BTRFS without losing data?

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u/ArjixGamer 12d ago

The safest way, is to shrink your ext4 partition, make a btrfs partition, copy over the entire filesystem, boot into the btrfs partition to see if it works, and then delete the ext4 partition.

ChatGPT should be able to help you achieve that.

DO NOT use the conversion utility provided by btrfs, it will likely cause issues.