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## setupDevEnv_workaroundWSL2vhdxLimit.md

      
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                Backup and restore WSL2 vhdx, avoid 256GB vhdx limit for docker desktop WSL2 native
              
          
    Backup and restore WSL2 vhdx, avoid 256GB vhdx limit for docker desktop WSL2 native

Review all steps to view the symptom this Gist addresses, customize a workaround to allow for >256GB Docker pulls safely on Windows, then perform a backup and recovery of the result (export and import). Please provide comments on any failures.
Determine the expected size of the docker-desktop-data volume


Get the base image size + additional + all docker volumes using docker system df
Add raw uncompressed size for alpine (50MB), docker for your version of windows (700MB) and linux (80MB)

docker system df

  
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