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7/11/2025, 8:05:08 AM
The drive I'm trying to connect to is formatted as ext4.
Virtual Machine Platform, Windows Hypervisor Platform, and Windows Subsystem for Linux (in Windows Features) are turned on (and rebooted).
Installed WSL (which auto-installed Ubuntu) through the terminal as Windows Administrator.
Currently in the terminal as an adminstrator.
Have tried installing Ubuntu as an app through the Microsoft Store (which also installs WSL) and tried connecting to the drive the same way, but get the same results. Every time I made sure to fully uninstall any distros, WSL, and even unchecked the Windows Features above and redid the process from scratch, rebooting as needed, before attempting a new installation.
On a fresh Windows 11 installation (only a few days old), 24H2, all Windows Updates installed. But my 6th gen Intel CPU is officially unsupported so I had to do the command prompt workarounds during installation. I couldn't find any specific virtualization options in my BIOS like 'Intel Virtualization Technology' or 'Vt-X' even after updating the BIOS to the latest version, but anything that looked like it could affect virtualization I made sure to turn on. If it helps, I have Linux Mint installed on a separate SSD from the Windows installation, and I can run Windows 11 24H2 in Virtual Box without any issues. So I think I have virtualization support.
In my original setup, I had Windows 11 as the main OS and the HDD formatted as NTFS, which the Linux Mint install could read and share files with. But now I have Linux Mint as my main OS and I want the bigger storage drive to be formatted in ext4 primarily for Linux, and have Windows 11 as the backup OS that would be able to read/pull files from the storage drive if needed. I guess I could go back to the old setup if all else fails, but it would be nice if I could get this to work. I've seen other options like paid third party software and some open source alternatives, but I'm trying to do it through WSL first.
Virtual Machine Platform, Windows Hypervisor Platform, and Windows Subsystem for Linux (in Windows Features) are turned on (and rebooted).
Installed WSL (which auto-installed Ubuntu) through the terminal as Windows Administrator.
Currently in the terminal as an adminstrator.
Have tried installing Ubuntu as an app through the Microsoft Store (which also installs WSL) and tried connecting to the drive the same way, but get the same results. Every time I made sure to fully uninstall any distros, WSL, and even unchecked the Windows Features above and redid the process from scratch, rebooting as needed, before attempting a new installation.
On a fresh Windows 11 installation (only a few days old), 24H2, all Windows Updates installed. But my 6th gen Intel CPU is officially unsupported so I had to do the command prompt workarounds during installation. I couldn't find any specific virtualization options in my BIOS like 'Intel Virtualization Technology' or 'Vt-X' even after updating the BIOS to the latest version, but anything that looked like it could affect virtualization I made sure to turn on. If it helps, I have Linux Mint installed on a separate SSD from the Windows installation, and I can run Windows 11 24H2 in Virtual Box without any issues. So I think I have virtualization support.
In my original setup, I had Windows 11 as the main OS and the HDD formatted as NTFS, which the Linux Mint install could read and share files with. But now I have Linux Mint as my main OS and I want the bigger storage drive to be formatted in ext4 primarily for Linux, and have Windows 11 as the backup OS that would be able to read/pull files from the storage drive if needed. I guess I could go back to the old setup if all else fails, but it would be nice if I could get this to work. I've seen other options like paid third party software and some open source alternatives, but I'm trying to do it through WSL first.
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