How to Access and Explore Linux File systems on Windows OS
This is NOT a guide on how to mount or explore Linux file system on windows but rather a collection of software that will enable you to mount and or explore linux file systems such as Ext2, Ext3 and Reiserfs. Although i have tested these wonderful software myself, there is no assurance that it will work for you, so use it at your own risk.
Ext2 IFS - Provides Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 with full access to Linux Ext2 volumes (both read and write access). This may be useful if you have installed both Windows and Linux as a dual boot environment on your computer.
DiskInternals Linux Reader - Provides read-only access and does not allow you to make records in Ext2/Ext3 file system partitions. It is 100% free by the way.
Ext2FSD - Act as a file system driver for Windows NT/XP/2K to access a linux filesystem such as ext2.
Explore2FS - A linux filesystem explorer for Windows 9x/NT/XP or XPSP2/Win2k3 which supports ext2 and ext3 linux filesystems.
If you know a software which i haven’t included in the above list then feel free to drop me a comment.
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1 Comment on How to Access and Explore Linux File systems on Windows OS »
Raymond Ansell @ 3:26 am:
Hi Batman
I have a Linksys NAS 200 device. The device has become inaccesable. I have tried various ways of trying to force a connection with the device to get access to my files but with no success.
I have purchased a seperate USB docking system for the SATA drives that I had in the NAS 200. As the Linksys formats in EXT2 how would could you suggest I try to recover my data from the SATA drives through my Vista OS PC.
Thanks
Ray