or assign a native drive letter using Windows utilities.
If Windows Disk Management prompts you to "Initialize Disk (MBR or GPT)", click Cancel . Initializing writes a new partition table and erases the VMFS pointer structures. mount vmfs 6 windows hot
You need to mount the drive "hot" (without rebooting your production Windows environment). or assign a native drive letter using Windows utilities
Method 2: Mount via Open-Source VMFS Tools (Advanced WSL Method) You need to mount the drive "hot" (without
: Map a network drive in Windows to the WebDAV address provided by the tool. Option 2: Recovery & Browsing Tools
If your goal is to access the files, but you have access to an ESXi host, it is safer to present the disk to a different ESXi host and register the VMs, rather than mounting the raw VMFS6 on Windows. Safe Practices for "Hot" VMFS6 Access
: Open diskmgmt.msc . Ensure the disk appears as an unformatted, healthy partition.