# Host Plex Metadata on NTFS drive
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/host-plex-metadata-on-ntfs-drive/616513
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-windows, server-linux
**Created:** [July 24, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/host-plex-metadata-on-ntfs-drive/616513 "2020-07-24T01:52:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Treverr](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Treverr)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/host-plex-metadata-on-ntfs-drive/616513/1 "2020-07-24T01:52:23Z")
I have a specific use case where I would like to store the Library for Plex on an NTFS partition of a hard drive so that I can boot between windows and linux and share the metadata. (so when I need to use windows for games I can run plex, too and not take my server offline)
I tried following [Change Metadata Location on Ubuntu 14.04](https://forums.plex.tv/t/change-metadata-location-on-ubuntu-14-04/142044) but when I did that and started Plex it acted like I had no libraries.
I have a 500GB partition (probably overkill but I have 2TB of server space on root)
└─sdd4 Plex 500G ntfs 0FEFAC262C08CBDB
I mount that to /Volumes/plexmediaserver
Then I bind that to /var/lib/plexmediaserver
**sudo mount -o bind /Volumes/plexmediaserver/ /var/lib/plexmediaserver**
I navigated the files, and I could access them just fine, I checked the Preferences.xml and it looked correct. But when I start it up, nothing works.
I double checked the permissions, still no luck:
drwxr-xr-x 3 plex plex 4096 Jul 23 18:21 plexmediaserver
Is there something I’m missing here?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@TeknoJunky](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TeknoJunky)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/host-plex-metadata-on-ntfs-drive/616513/2 "2020-07-24T02:02:33Z")
where is the media stored?
windows and linux use different path separators `/` vs `\` and you can’t easily swap between linux/windows mounts.
also, really its impossible to do anything other than guess, unless you post the server logs.
if [Plex Web](https://app.plex.tv/desktop) works, then \> settings \> left side scroll bottom \> troubleshooting \> download logs \> drop zip file into reply.
otherwise manually zip logs @
> **[Plex Media Server Logs | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/)**
>
> Log files are an important tool that can be used to help investigate problems you may be having. It’s important...
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### Author:  [@Treverr](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Treverr)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/host-plex-metadata-on-ntfs-drive/616513/3 "2020-07-24T02:10:36Z")
Here are the logs from my most recent try, this is after I put it back so if it does not contain when is needed I can do it again and re-post those.
[Plex Media Server Logs\_2020-07-23\_19-06-07.zip](https://forums.plex.tv/uploads/short-url/29kLKHVAem7n77rGaEBHXyCTuSX.zip) (1.2 MB)
My thinking here is that, from what I tend to read, Windows can read ext4 drives but could very well mess it up writing. The media is stored on other ext4 mounts, but that should be a read only task. I’m trying to make it as a seamless as possible when I boot into windows. But maybe there are issues I’m not considering with trying to do it this way.
Would it perhaps work better if I were to run a virtual machine or something from Windows of linux and use my linux root drive?
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2020, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/host-plex-metadata-on-ntfs-drive/616513/4 "2020-07-24T08:06:36Z")
> [@Treverr](#):
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> share the metadata
Can’t be done. Windows and Linux are storing folder paths and symbolic links fundamentally different.
You cannot share a [Plex data folder](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/202915258-Where-is-the-Plex-Media-Server-data-directory-located- "Plex data folder") from a Windows Plex Server with a Plex server running on Linux.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/host-plex-metadata-on-ntfs-drive/616513/5 "2020-10-22T08:14:03Z")
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