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I upgraded my docker to 2.5.0.1 in windows after upgrading I lost all containers and images Is there any way to recover them? Why they lost?

WebMaster
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You aren't alone. This seems to be a common occurrence with Docker. A very quick search reveals the following, which may be helpful:

This happened to me as well. I haven't used docker in several months, but I had several images locally. I went to use it today, and saw the same thing - all but one of my images in Linux, and one in Windows, are gone. I used to have nothing but good things to say about docker, but this is a cause for concern.

Update

I use Docker for Windows. I can find the original images if I modify Docker to use the legacy Hyper-V backend, rather than the WSL 2 based engine.

  • Open up Docker Desktop
  • Click on Settings
  • Uncheck "Use the WSL 2 based engine"
  • Click "Apply & Restart"

I found this setting after the OP mentioned disabling WSL completely on their system. The question now becomes how do we convert these images so that they are supported by the WSL 2 engine?

Seth Flowers
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    I found that by turning off WSL2 my problem fixed – WebMaster Dec 09 '20 at 05:55
  • @WebMaster Do you mean you disabled the WSL feature completely, or you reverted from WSL2 to WSL1. Can you state exactly what you did for future users? – Seth Flowers Dec 09 '20 at 13:39
  • I disabled completly and back to hyper-v, As I created my containers in hyper-v – WebMaster Dec 09 '20 at 14:02
  • Also if you get stuck with settings hanging, open a powershell and switch daemons first: & 'C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\DockerCLI.exe' -SwitchDaemon – Mike Cheel Apr 14 '21 at 12:38
  • This has just happened to me and this answer allowed me to resolve my issue. Just one minor note, the Apply & Restart button was grayed out so I closed down the dialog using the X and then restarted Docker to find all was well – Steve Apr 30 '21 at 13:17
  • It occur in Mac ( M1 ). I don't have that options. looks like a common issue – Salman Nov 11 '21 at 12:31
  • This happened to me when making a big jump in versions. I am curious if you could keep your original images/containers if you were willing to spend the time stepping through the versions? Of course that's assuming you thought to make a backup. ;) – Kraken Aug 26 '22 at 14:17
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What kind of containers are you running on Windows (Linux Containers / Windows Containers )?

Maybe you unintentionally switch that setting and now is showing the other ones.

https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/#settings check that on the tray icon.

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It could be that the docker root folder is changed. I had that issue

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/lib/systemd/system/docker.service

This row will be overwritten:

ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock --data-root /THISISGONE
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