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WSLHow-To August 27, 2026 6 min read

Repairing a WSL 2 ext4.vhdx Without Running e2fsck on a Mounted Filesystem

A safe WSL 2 recovery flow that shuts distributions down, backs up the VHDX, attaches it bare, identifies the Linux device, runs e2fsck, and unmounts.

#wsl2#ext4#vhdx

WSLHow-To August 27, 2026 6 min read

Resizing a WSL 2 ext4.vhdx Safely with wsl --manage

How to identify the right WSL 2 distribution, quiesce it, expand its virtual disk and ext4 filesystem, verify capacity, and avoid destructive AppData edits.

#wsl#vhdx#ext4

LinuxFix July 11, 2026 6 min read

Fixing a Corrupted ext4 or XFS Filesystem with fsck

The correct order of operations for repairing a corrupted Linux filesystem, and what to do when the repair tool reports it can't fix something automatically.

#ext4#xfs#fsck