How to access BitLocker encrypted drive with Windows Subsystem for Linux

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I can see the mounted container in /mnt/w/ but cannot access any contents there.

score 9 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 06 '21 at 21:45

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After unlocking the bitlocker volume/partition on Windows, execute on WSL:

sudo mount -t drvfs -o uid=1000,gid=1000 W: /mnt/w

edited Jan 06 '21 at 21:45

Stephen Rauch

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answered Jan 06 '21 at 21:01

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '20 at 20:30

What works for me, is unlocking the bitlocker volume in Windows before starting the Ubuntu bash (WSL). If I start the WSL bash before unlocking, I won't see anything until rebooting Windows and then unlocking the volume before launching the WSL bash.

How to access BitLocker encrypted drive with Windows Subsystem for Linux

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