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<p>It is real pain when you have small SSD and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is growing exponentially in size. There is no easy way to move
the WSL installation to another drive. Here in this blog I will discuss how to tackle this problem with bite size steps.</p>
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<li>Open a PowerShell <img alt="powershell" class="align-middle" src="/images/powershell.png" style="width: 5%;" /> or Command Prompt <img alt="command-line" class="align-middle" src="/images/command-line.png" style="width: 5%;" /> with <em>Admin</em> access. For this you can use <img alt="WinKey" class="align-middle" src="/images/windows10.png" style="width: 5%;" /> + X shortcut and select <strong>Windows PowerShell(Admin)</strong>.</li>
<li>Check if the WSL 2 installation you are planning to move is is currently running/stopped.</li>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">PS </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:\</span><span class="n">Users</span><span class="p">\</span><span class="n">Avinal</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">wsl</span> <span class="n">-l</span> <span class="n">-v</span>
<span class="nb">PS </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:\</span><span class="n">Users</span><span class="p">\</span><span class="n">Avinal</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
<span class="n">NAME</span> <span class="n">STATE</span> <span class="n">VERSION</span>
<span class="p">*</span> <span class="n">Ubuntu</span> <span class="n">Running</span> <span class="n">2</span>
<span class="n">Kali</span> <span class="n">Stopped</span> <span class="n">2</span>
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<li>If its running then you must stop the particular WSL distribution. (<em>Ubuntu</em> used as example)</li>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">PS </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:\</span><span class="n">Users</span><span class="p">\</span><span class="n">Avinal</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">wsl</span> <span class="n">-t</span> <span class="n">Ubuntu</span>
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<li>Export to some folder. (Here exporting <em>Ubuntu</em> as <em>ubuntu-ex.tar</em> to <em>Z:wsl2</em>)</li>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">PS </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:\</span><span class="n">Users</span><span class="p">\</span><span class="n">Avinal</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">wsl</span> <span class="p">-</span><span class="n">-export</span> <span class="n">Ubuntu</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Z:\export\ubuntu-ex.tar&quot;</span>
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<li>Unregister previous WSL installation</li>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">PS </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:\</span><span class="n">Users</span><span class="p">\</span><span class="n">Avinal</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">wsl</span> <span class="p">-</span><span class="n">-unregister</span> <span class="n">Ubuntu</span>
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<li>Create a new folder and import your WSL installation to that folder.</li>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">PS </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:\</span><span class="n">Users</span><span class="p">\</span><span class="n">Avinal</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="nb">New-Item</span> <span class="n">-Path</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Z:\wsl2&quot;</span> <span class="n">-ItemType</span> <span class="n">Directory</span>
<span class="n">Directory</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Z</span><span class="p">:\</span>
<span class="n">Mode</span> <span class="n">LastWriteTime</span> <span class="n">Length</span> <span class="n">Name</span>
<span class="p">----</span> <span class="p">-------------</span> <span class="p">------</span> <span class="p">----</span>
<span class="n">d</span><span class="p">-----</span> <span class="n">31</span><span class="p">-</span><span class="n">12</span><span class="p">-</span><span class="n">2020</span> <span class="n">21</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="n">03</span> <span class="n">wsl2</span>
<span class="nb">PS </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:\</span><span class="n">Users</span><span class="p">\</span><span class="n">Avinal</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">wsl</span> <span class="p">-</span><span class="n">-import</span> <span class="n">Ubuntu</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Z:\wsl2&quot;</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Z:\export\ubuntu-ex.tar&quot;</span>
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<li>Check after import is complete</li>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">PS </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:\</span><span class="n">Users</span><span class="p">\</span><span class="n">Avinal</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">wsl</span> <span class="n">-l</span> <span class="n">-v</span>
<span class="nb">PS </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:\</span><span class="n">Users</span><span class="p">\</span><span class="n">Avinal</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
<span class="n">NAME</span> <span class="n">STATE</span> <span class="n">VERSION</span>
<span class="p">*</span> <span class="n">Ubuntu</span> <span class="n">Running</span> <span class="n">2</span>
<span class="n">Kali</span> <span class="n">Stopped</span> <span class="n">2</span>
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<li>Mark one of your WSL distribution as <em>(default)</em>.</li>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">PS </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:\</span><span class="n">Users</span><span class="p">\</span><span class="n">Avinal</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">wsl</span> <span class="n">-s</span> <span class="n">Ubuntu</span>
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<li>After exporting your default user will be set as <span class="html-raw"><i style="color:red">root</i></span> , to change it to your desired username, run following command</li>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nb">PS </span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">:\</span><span class="n">Users</span><span class="p">\</span><span class="n">Avinal</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">ubuntu</span> <span class="n">config</span> <span class="p">-</span><span class="n">-default-user</span> <span class="n">user_name</span>
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<li>Finally run <code>wsl</code> and you have successfully moved your WSL 2 installation to another drive.</li>
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