Whatever you do, do not encrypt your file or boot drives! It will make your system unusable. Also note that the drive needs to be unmounted. I used the “lazy option” from our Linux mounting guide.

sudo fdisk /dev/sdb 3. blkid When you want to permanently mount a drive with fstab, you might need to use a device ID and not a name. The blkid command lists block device attributes.

Understanding how to efficiently automate tasks on Linux can significantly simplify your daily operations. One such routine task is mounting drives, which can be performed automatically, saving you ...

For cases like this, where Windows 10 is a guest on a Linux machine, the VirtIO package is needed for networking and disk device drivers. They can be downloaded from here.