Is it possible to use a shared partition between Windows and Linux?

Question

linux

At the moment I'm going to reinstall the system, using Blender for modeling and Krita for painting. I decided to install both systems and, if there is no need, I can go completely to Linux, but so far there is no clear pipeline of programs, so I can’t know for sure yet, I’ll try.

I have one 1TB SSD.

Task: 1. The task is
to install Windows on top of Linux, and then use the general data (video courses, library: textures, models and additional files) - everything is on Windows, and on Linux there is a little allocated space and using files from under it that are on Windows must be common to both systems.
* From under Windows I'm not going to climb onto Linux

Questions:
1. Is it feasible and are there any access problems?
2. If not, is it possible to limit yourself to a small volume for Linux for now, and then, if necessary, expand or add additional space. What should be the order with the layout of the SSD. That is, one part for Windows, the other for Linux, and the partitions necessary for each system.
How to properly manage the rest of the memory? Should it be unallocated, or can you then delete the partition through third-party programs and then mark it as it should, even if you originally took it under Windows?

There is no special experience with memory management, formats, and even more so between different systems. What he did was exclusively within the framework of the problem and googling.

Answer 1

30GB for the system /
30GB for the hamster
mount the rest / file dump where you need.
why is that?
Yes, it’s easier for Patam to save 30GB,
I only backup a hamster (once every three years))), tk. everything is already debugged and rebuilt
and nothing else, I basically don’t use it,
and it’s easier to rearrange the system from scratch (for 7 years, while I’m sitting on Linux, I reinstalled only a couple of times (and it’s my own fault = I experimented)))
once a month I make backups of the profile of chrome and fox browsers.
Separately, there are backups of virtual machines.
separate wine (I haven’t changed it for five years - for sure.
It’s better to format the partition with file storage in exfat, then it will be visible under Windows
swap - 500mb in the file (with 6gb of RAM, it is used very rarely
Threat
I have 120gb ssd
and enough for my eyes I
store all the garbage in the clouds (at one time I unwrapped 1ter)))
+ Yandex (48gb
+ google (I don’t use it, so I don’t I remember how much is there, but 10GB should be
+ drop-box (dropbox), also a hectare of 100
of this, and you can’t fill it in a fsyu life)))

Answer 2

If you need access from windows, the choice of file systems is limited to fat32 / ntfs / exfat, there is access to them from linux, with performance reservations (ntfs on hdd will work noticeably slower from linux, but there will be no problems with ssd)
For linux, 20 gigabytes is enough , in fact, linux is not something carved from stone - it is a constructor, you can assemble a working system for a couple of gigabytes, or you can expand it into hundreds of gigabytes, it all depends on the tasks.
Regarding the place, windows will see the linux partitions as an unknown occupied area, it will not touch them (except for efi boot, see below), linux will see everything without problems. Sections can be marked up at any time, even immediately, even later, no difference.
Advice, do not install the grub (and / or efi) bootloader to run Linux and windows on the same disk, Linux does not care, but windows periodically shows its teeth, for example, it can wipe the linux bootloader with the next update, it happened. The solution is to install the linux bootloader on another physical partition or even a flash drive. The bootloader is grub-install and efi boot, you can place everything else anywhere, they won't fight.
Yes, by tinkering manually, you can set the item for linux in the windows boot menu or vice versa (grub finds windows itself and adds it to the boot menu), but ... it's easier on a USB flash drive.

Answer 3

If you need access from windows, the choice of file systems is limited to fat32/ntfs/exfat

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