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I keep a back-up of all my documents and images on an USB stick. Mostly, I use my Ubuntu PC, but occasionally, I use my Windows 8.1 PC. As a result, I save my files to an USB stick.

For example, I write a document in LibreOffice on Ubuntu and subsequently, I reformat the same document in Microsoft Word, because I like the titles and headings better. The same goes for spellchecking. I read elsewhere on this forum that it can be harmful to use the same USB stick on both a Windows and a Ubuntu computer. I want to know whether Windows files can corrupt Ubuntu files and vice versa?

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I never had any problem with using the same USB-stick on Windows and Linux.

But I would not trust a USB stick as a backup solution.

With a bad USB stick you can lose your files even if you only use it on the same OS.

Always back up your files to an off-site location with a good storage solution with RAID or a cloud storage solution.

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