Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/WSL_E_DISK_CORRUPTED when opening Ubuntu from apps

[wcardosodev]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.3374]

WSL Version

2.1.5.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

Default Distribution: Ubuntu Default Version: 2

Distro Version

Ubuntu

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

From windows search menu

• search for ubuntu
• click to open ubuntu
• Get error message

Expected Behavior

Ubuntu would start

Actual Behavior

Get error message:

The distribution failed to start because its virtual disk is corrupted.
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/WSL_E_DISK_CORRUPTED
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Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2024-03-30_21-25-56.zip

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Diagnostic information

Detected appx version: 2.1.5.0
Detected user visible error: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/WSL_E_DISK_CORRUPTED

[OneBlue]

Thank you @wcardosodev. Looking at the logs it indeed looks like the disk is corrupted:

[ 55.269209] EXT4-fs (sdc): VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem

You can try these instructions to recover the files but unfortunately you'll probably to unregister the distribution with wsl --unregister <distro> and register it again.

[wcardosodev]

@OneBlue thanks for the response, I already unregistered + reregistered as I needed it for work stuff. Do the logs give any indication of what may have caused the corruption as when I noticed it was corrupted I hadn't done any work related stuff in a week or so, just want to prevent this happening again in future

[OneBlue]

Unfortunately not. It could be hardware issue, bug or abrupt shutdown, but there's no easy way to tell after the fact.