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Move WSL 2 Safely to another Drive
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:date: 2020-12-31 19:07
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:tags: wsl, wsl2
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:category: development
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:slug: wsl1
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:summary: It is real pain when you have small SSD and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is growing exponentially in size. There 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.
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It is real pain when you have small SSD and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is growing exponentially in size. There no easy way to move
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the WSL installation to another drive. Here in this blog I will discuss how to tackle this problem with bite size steps.
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.. |powershell| image:: /images/powershell.png
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.. |command-line| image:: /images/command-line.png
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.. |windows10| image:: /images/windows10.png
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:alt: WinKey
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.. role:: html-raw(raw)
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:format: html
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1. Open a PowerShell |powershell| or Command Prompt |command-line| with *Admin* access. For this you can use |windows10| + X shortcut and select **Windows PowerShell(Admin)**.
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2. Check if the WSL 2 installation you are planning to move is is currently running/stopped.
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.. code-block:: powershell
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PS C:\Users\Avinal> wsl -l -v
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PS C:\Users\Avinal>
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NAME STATE VERSION
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* Ubuntu Running 2
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Kali Stopped 2
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3. If its running then you must stop the particular WSL distribution. (*Ubuntu* used as example)
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.. code-block:: powershell
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PS C:\Users\Avinal> wsl -t Ubuntu
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4. Export to some folder. (Here exporting *Ubuntu* as *ubuntu-ex.tar* to *Z:\wsl2*)
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.. code-block:: powershell
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PS C:\Users\Avinal> wsl --export Ubuntu "Z:\export\ubuntu-ex.tar"
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5. Unregister previous WSL installation
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.. code-block:: powershell
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PS C:\Users\Avinal> wsl --unregister Ubuntu
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6. Create a new folder and import your WSL installation to that folder.
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.. code-block:: powershell
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PS C:\Users\Avinal> New-Item -Path "Z:\wsl2" -ItemType Directory
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Directory: Z:\
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Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
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---- ------------- ------ ----
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d----- 31-12-2020 21:03 wsl2
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PS C:\Users\Avinal> wsl --import Ubuntu "Z:\wsl2" "Z:\export\ubuntu-ex.tar"
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7. Check after import is complete
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.. code-block:: powershell
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PS C:\Users\Avinal> wsl -l -v
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PS C:\Users\Avinal>
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NAME STATE VERSION
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* Ubuntu Running 2
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Kali Stopped 2
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8. Mark one of your WSL distribution as *(default)*.
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.. code-block:: powershell
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PS C:\Users\Avinal> wsl -s Ubuntu
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9. After exporting your default user will be set as :html-raw:`<i style="color:red">root</i>` , to change it to your desired username, run following command
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.. code-block:: powershell
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PS C:\Users\Avinal> ubuntu config --default-user user_name
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10. Finally run :code:`wsl` and you have successfully moved your WSL 2 installation to another drive.
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