How To: Access Linux Partitions from Windows Explorer

Have you installed Linux and Windows on the same machine? Do you want to access your Linux partitions from Windows?

People who are still in the process of learning Linux will find this software very handy that lets you access the Linux partitions from within the Windows Explorer. The software is called “Ext2 Installable File System For Windows“, is under 500KB in size and free!

Ext2 Installable File System For Windows

Features of Ext2 Installable File System For Windows

  • Supports Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 (x86 processors only).
  • Supports reading and writing operations, also supports most other file system operations such as listing files/directories, changing labels etc.
  • Support for files larger than 4 GB in size.
  • Manage the drive letters assigned to Linux partitions using “IFS Drives” from within the control panel.
  • Ext3 volumes can also be accessed using this software.
Linux Partitions in Windows Explorer

The software currently does not support LVM partitions, so you will not be able to access them using the current version.

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Posted in: Unix/Linux by Raj | March 18, 2007 | 2 Comments

2 Responses to “How To: Access Linux Partitions from Windows Explorer”

Binny V A March 19th, 2007 at 5:30 am

I used to use these earlier – but now I use Ext2fsd
http://ext2fsd.sourceforge.net/

Raj March 19th, 2007 at 6:53 am

I checked the link, seems to have nice features but that also does not has LVM and ext3 journal support. I will give it a try. Thank you!

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