Read + Write Linux Partitions in Windows
Posted on 29 June 2007 by admin
Many people want to be able to see NTFS or Windows partitions in their Linux install, but chances are there are just as many people who want to see their Linux partition in Windows. There is a utility that you can use that is a full File System Driver which will allow you to see your Linux Partitions in Windows with Read/Write Access.
The utility is called Explore2fs and couldn’t be simpler. Download the file at;
http://easylinux.info/uploads/explore2fs-1.07.zip
Unzip it into a folder and run the Explore2fs.exe file. You will have a Windows Explorer view of your Linux Partition and can Open, Close, Edit, Save files to and from the drives.
Tags | Linux, Microsoft, Ubuntu, Windows Vista, Windows XP
June 30th, 2007 at 12:17 am
What filesystems does it support? only ext2? You do realize that hardly anyone uses ext2 anymore?
June 30th, 2007 at 3:38 am
I ran into this same problem some time ago, and I found the Explore2fs utility. Unfortunately, if you want to use any of the files in the Ext2 partition, you must first copy them to your Windows partition using the utility. Thus I found it impractical. I recommend another utility, which is an Ext2 driver for Windows, so it allows you to use the normal Windows Explorer to access your Linux partitions as if they were Windows partitions.
More information: http://www.fs-driver.org/
Direct link to download: http://www.fs-driver.org/download/Ext2IFS_1_10c.exe
June 30th, 2007 at 3:41 am
As a reply to conholster, both Explore2fs and the ext2fs driver I pointed out in my earlier comment support ext2 and ext3.
June 30th, 2007 at 7:26 am
The latest version of Explore2fs is a full file system driver, and supports ext2 and 3, unfortunately the support for journalled filesystems is still in development.