Constant Freezes
Author: ShuttleCoreXCreated Sep 16, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026
I created a backup drive using Btrfs that could be accessed from both Linux and Windows. Whenever I accessed files in Windows that had been written from Linux, I had no issues. But whenever I created files on that drive from Windows and tried to access them later, File Explorer would hang. I even tried accessing them through Directory Opus, but it was the same issue.
So I switched to Linux to check those files, and I had zero issues. Later, I installed WSL and accessed the same files through it, and again, zero issues.
So technically, it seems like something with the WinBtrfs driver was causing the problem and I completely removed it. I'm a newbie and I'm unable to provide any technical details.
Source: maharmstone/btrfs