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Read ext2/ext3 paritions in windows

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/read-ext2-ext3-paritions-in-windows.53425/

aditya.shevade
aditya.shevade Original post #1
Mar 26, 2007 at 6:24 PM
Hi

I know that there are many programs available, and I have seen many threads on this topic, still I never came across this source.

It is a C program, which lets you read ext2/3 partitions from windows. It can be found here.

Aditya
Possible
Mar 26, 2007 at 6:35 PM
Why use a GUI when you can integrate it to the explorer itself.
Pathik
Pathik #3
Mar 26, 2007 at 6:40 PM
yea use IFS drives...
Ext2 IFS For Windows
*www.fs-driver.org/
Aberforth
Mar 26, 2007 at 7:33 PM
Both are good, the GUI option does not write to ext3 partitions which can be ideal if Windows XP tends to make changes in the ext3 partitions. I often used to get filesystem errors requiring a check in SUSE 10.2 when I used to use the explorer drivers.
kalpik
kalpik #5
Mar 26, 2007 at 7:41 PM
Yeah.. Windows can make a lot of changes if you mount it as a drive.. Best option is explore2fs.
hailgautam
Mar 27, 2007 at 4:35 PM
best software is the Ext2fd- can read write in ext2/ext3 partitions.

*gomzyonline.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/271/