This guide explains how to mount the volume dedicated to storing your data on your VPS Cloud on Windows. In the case of a VPS Lite, the procedure is not necessary as there is only one disk, even on Windows.

Mount the storage volume

To mount the storage volume on Windows, you need to go to the "Disk Management" tool and bring the disk online:

• Right-click on the Start menu.
• Search for Disk Management.
• On the left-hand side, identify the offline disk (usually an icon with a white arrow on a red background and a blue icon).
• Right-click on it to select Online.

To initialize the disk and create a volume:

• Once the disk is online, right-click on it and select Initialize Disk.
• Choose between MBR (for disks < 2 TB) and GPT (recommended for disks > 2 TB), then click OK.
• Then, right-click on the unallocated space on the disk and select New Simple Volume.
• Follow the wizard steps to assign a drive letter, format the volume in NTFS, and then finish by clicking Finish.

The disk will now be accessible from Windows File Explorer.

You can also use diskpart the Windows disk and partition management utility.