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[โ€“] rtxn 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Theoretically, yes. Theoretically NTFS supports sparse files, but I don't know if the feature is enabled by default.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

It supports it, but it's opt-in by apps.

Enabling compression is another option (Though with a speed and size penalty), it's user visible at least.