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Move a WSL image to a different disk (and other helpful commands)
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commands1.sh
# Type in Git Bash or Windows CMD
cd $A_TARGET_STORAGE
# Replace "Ubuntu-20.04" with the WSL image name you want to move
wsl --export Ubuntu-20.04 .\\Ubuntu-20.04.tar
wsl --unregister Ubuntu-20.04
wsl --import Ubuntu-20.04 .\\Ubuntu-20.04 .\\Ubuntu-20.04.tar --version 2
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The same for the Docker Desktop VM with your containers:

cd $A_TARGET_STORAGE
wsl --export docker-desktop-data .\\docker-desktop-data.tar
wsl --unregister docker-desktop-data
wsl --import docker-desktop-data .\\docker-desktop-data .\\docker-desktop-data.tar --version 2

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