1. In Windows, search for "Turn Windows Features on or Off". (This is for latest Windows 11; other versions may use different terminology or have the applet in another location).
2. Turn on Windows Subsystem For Linux
3. I use Fedora. This would probably work on Ubuntu with variations.
4. Once this is done, run the following commands in a Windows terminal as an ADMINISTRATOR (or command prompt)
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wsl --install FedoraLinux-42
wsl -d FedoraLinux-42
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sudo dnf install xfsprogs xfsdump
lsblk
6. In Windows, Settings - search for "Optional Features" (System -> Optional Features)
7. Click View Features
8. Search for wmic and install - this will take a couple of minutes
9. In Windows, open another terminal as ADMINISTRATOR
10. Type...
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wmic diskdrive list brief
wsl --mount \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 --bare
11. In the Fedora/WSL terminal, create a mountpoint for the drive. This can be anywhere on your actual file system. It's just an empty directory placeholder. For me, I'm creating a temp directory on my "G" drive called hdhr.
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mkdir /mnt/g/hdhr
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sudo mount -t xfs /dev/sdd1 /mnt/g/hdhr
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cd /mnt/g/hdhr
ls -l
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cd HDHomeRun
ls