Move an NTFS disk between Linux and Windows instances - Elastic Compute Service - Alibaba Cloud -

This topic describes how to move a disk that uses the New Technology File System (NTFS) between a Linux instance and a Windows instance without changing the file system of the disk. Common file systems for Linux include XFS, EXT3, and EXT4. Common file systems for Windows include NTFS and FAT32.

Procedure

Scenario 1: Detach an NTFS disk from a Windows instance and attach it to a Linux instance

In the ECS console, detach the disk from the Windows instance.
For more information, see Detach a data disk.
You can attach the disk to a Linux instance.
For more information, see Attach a data disk.
Connect to the Linux instance.
For more information, see Log on to a Linux instance using Workbench.
Run the following command to install the component that enables NTFS file system support on Linux.
```
yum -y install ntfs-3g
```
The output is similar to the following.
Run the following command to mount the disk.
```
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/vdb1 /mnt/
```
Run the following command to verify that the disk is mounted.
```
df -hT
```
The output is similar to the following. In this example, /dev/vdb1 is used.
Run the following command to verify that the test data from the Windows instance exists.
```
ls /mnt/
```
The output is similar to the following.

Scenario 2: Detach an NTFS disk from a Linux instance and attach it to a Windows instance

In the ECS console, detach the disk from the Linux instance.
For more information, see Detach a data disk.
Attach the disk to a Windows instance.
For more information, see Attach a data disk.
Connect to the Windows instance.
For more information, see Log on to a Windows instance using Workbench.
Click Start > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.
Choose Storage > Disk Management and convert the disk into a dynamic disk.
Check that the test data written to the Linux instance exists on the disk. Then, rewrite the test data to the Windows instance to check whether data can be written to the Windows instance as expected.