RPI4 - can formatted USB boot drive be read in Windows?

Hi there - I recently setup my rpi4 to boot to an external 14TB WD USB drive. It boots up fine, but I need to migrate over several TBs of data from a Windows setup. Rather than copy from Windows to rpi4 via Samba (which seems SLOW and takes forever), I was hoping to simply plug that USB drive to my Windows PC and copy it via USB.

When I plug the drive into my windows setup, it doesn't recognize the USB drive. Does Windows 10 not recognize exFAT? Is there something I need to do to allow Windows to recognize the pi formatted USB drive?

These posts might help

Ah perfect, thx. The "how to mount and unmount a drive" link did the trick. Thanks!

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