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Creating a link on the NTFS drive to the ext4 compatdata folder may result in catastrophic data loss; I have experienced this and I do not recommend doing this.

NickZ 2019-06-03 00:01:43 -07:00
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``` ```
$ sudo reboot $ sudo reboot
``` ```
## Preventing NTFS Read Errors
Due to the nature of NTFS, creating files/folders with characters Windows cannot read will cause disk errors (leading to games that don't launch), the most common issue is a `;` character in filenames that Proton creates on the NTFS disk.
Fixing this is pretty simple. Create a symlink from the `/compatdata` folder on Linux to the mounted NTFS disk.
Creating the symlink:
```
$ ln -s ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata /media/gamedisk/Steam/steamapps/
```
*If the `/compatdata` folder already exists on the mounted disk BEFORE the syslink, DELETE IT!*