How can I pass through a 3.5" hard drive that is connected to the motherboard directly to a Windows VM?

I need it to be RAW, I guess, because the drive is BitLocker-protected.

Edited June 9, 20242 yr by Bob-omb

I managed to answer my own question.

 

For future Unraiders:

1. Open the terminal in Unraid.

2. Enter ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/

3. Look for the drive you want to mount and copy the name beginning with data... In my case ata-WDC_WD221KFGX-21C2LE0_... Don't forget to include the ata at the beginning.

4. Edit your Windows VM

5. Add a 2nd vDisk Location

   1. Set it to Manual

   2. Enter the full path to your drive. For example /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD221KFGX-68B9KN0...

Edited December 12, 2025Dec 12 by Bob-omb