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electricroo

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Registered: 2026-03-18

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Mounting loop file in windows

I noticed that in a Q4OS windows installation you can access and read/write to the ntfs windows partition. Is it possible to auto mount the loop file in windows with WSL to read/write. I am just curious.

q4osteam

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Registered: 2015-12-06

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Re: Mounting loop file in windows

The only way we know is a Linux one, see https://www.q4os.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4789

henni

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Registered: 2026-06-26

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Re: Mounting loop file in windows

That's an interesting idea. My understanding is that WSL can access Windows files without any issue, but using it to mount and write directly to a loop image used by another operating system could become risky if both systems try to access it at the same time.

If it's only for occasional access while Q4OS isn't running, it might be possible with the right Linux tools inside WSL. I'd just be careful about keeping the image unmounted in Q4OS first to avoid any chance of filesystem corruption.