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I've finally started transitioning to Linux from windows
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You can read NTFS drives; I still have shared drives from my Windows install despite barely using Windows at all.
You can generally import steam libraries, and then steam can do the proton work.
And you can sometimes run other programmes in Linux from the windows install - i.e. it can have it's own Wine prefix in Linux and use the installed files on the NTFS. But this doesn't always work - if the programme's or game's installer makes significant system changes or installs other software then they won't exist in the Wine prefix and the game may not work. It's better to install windows games fresh so everything is installed into the wine prefix.
And Lutris is well set up with scripts for installing a wide range of games from their installers; it will avoid problems reinstalling games fresh.