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How to read Ext3/Ext4 linux partition from windows 7

September 24, 2010 General Email This Post

The ext3 or third extended filesystem is a journaled file system that is commonly used by the

Linux kernel. It is the default file system for many popular Linux distributions.

The ext4 or fourth extended filesystem is a journaling file system for Linux, developed as the

successor to ext3.

It was born as a series of backward compatible extensions to remove 64-bitstorage limits

and add other performance improvements to ext3.However, other Linux kernel developers

opposed accepting extensions to ext3 for stability reasons and proposed to fork the source code

of ext3, rename it as ext4, and do all the development there, without affecting the current ext3

users

Ext2Read is an explorer like utility to explore ext2/ext3/ext4 files. It now supports LVM2

and EXT4 extents. It can be used to view and copy files and folders. It can recursively copy

entire folders. It can also be used to view and copy disk and file

You can download Ext2Read fromhere

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Ext2Fsd is an ext2 file system driver for Windows 2000, XP, Vista. Its a freesoftware

and everyone can distribute and modify it under GPL2.

Procedure o follow

Important Note:- When creating/formatting the ext4 filesystem, make sure to add -O

^extent which means disabling the extent feature bit. The following steps will not work if

your ext4 filesystem still has extent feature enabled. ext2 and ext3 partitions should be fine.

First Download ext2fsd fromhere

Right-click the downloaded file and click Properties. Set the compatibility mode to

Windows Vista Service Pack 2? and check Run as administrator.

Run the ext2fsd installer. During install, we recommend you uncheck the enable write

access feature to safeguard against losingdata in your Linux partitions.

Restart your Windows 7 PC and run the Ext2 Volume Manager from Start Menu.

Important Note:- Use these tools with your own risk if you don't use them properly it

will remove your linux partition data

If you have any other tools to do this you share with us.
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Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions (ext2/ext3) From Windows On Dual-Boot Systems

If you have a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, you probably know this problem: you can

access files from your Windows installation while you are in Linux, but not the other way round.

This tutorial shows three ways how you can access your Linux partitions (with ext2 or ext3

filesystem) from within Windows:Explore2fs,DiskInternals Linux Reader,and theExt2

Installable File System For Windows.While the first two provide read-only access, the Ext2

Installable File System For Windows can be used for read and write operations.

I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

1 Explore2fs

In Windows, open a browser and go tohttp://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs.Download the

latest explore2fs zip file...
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... and unpack it. In the new folder, you'll find the explore2fs executable. Double-click on it to

start it:

The Explore2fs filebrowser starts; you can now browse your Linux partitions and copy&pastefiles to your Windows partition:
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2 DiskInternals Linux Reader

Go tohttp://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader and download and install the DiskInternalsLinux Reader.
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After the installation, the Linux Reader starts automatically and scans your hard drive for Linux

partitions:


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Afterwards, you can find your Windows and Linux partitions in the Linux Reader (which looks

like the Windows Explorer):


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Now you can browse your Linux partitions:


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To copy a file/directory from a Linux partition to your Windows partition, right-click on the

file/directory and select Save:


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The DiskInternals Linux Reader can be started from the normal start menu:


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3 Ext2 Installable File System For Windows

The Ext2 Installable File System For Windows (which supports ext2 andext3!) can bedownloaded fromhttp://www.fs-driver.org/index.html.During the installation you will be asked

to assign a drive letter to your Linux partitions (e.g.L:); you don't need to assign a drive letter to

your swap partition:
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After the installation, you can find your Linux partition(s) in the normal Windows Explorer

(under the drive letter that you assigned to it during the installation):


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You can now browse and use your Linux partition(s) like a normal Windows partition.
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As mentioned in the introduction of this article, the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows

supports read and write operations on the Linux partitions. In order to test if the write support

really works, we can try to create an empty folder on a Linux partition. Right-click on an empty

area on the Linux partition and selectNew > Folder:


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If everything goes well, you should now have a new folder on your Linux partition.

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