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Old 30-05-2007, 12:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Easily access ur linux partition (ext2 and ext3) in windows xp... u got to download and install the software and game over

(best part is its completely free) plz read the faq its important.

site for download...

http://www.fs-driver.org/download.html


What's unique about this software?

It provides Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003 with full access to Linux Ext2 volumes (read access and write access). This may be useful if you have installed both Windows and Linux as a dual boot environment on your computer.

The "Ext2 Installable File System for Windows" software is freeware.


If you currently have Windows running and you realize that you need some files for your work which you have stored on an Ext2 volume of your Linux installation, you no longer have to shut down Windows and boot Linux!

Furthermore, Windows will now be able to handle floppy disks which have been formatted with an Ext2 file system.

Linux Ext3 volumes can also be accessed. To do that, please read the FAQ section.(recommended)


It installs a pure kernel mode file system driver Ext2fs.sys, which actually extends the Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 operating system to include the Ext2 file system. Since it is executed on the same software layer at the Windows NT operating system core like all of the native file system drivers of Windows (for instance NTFS, FASTFAT, or CDFS for Joliet/ISO CD-ROMs), all applications can access directly to Ext2 volumes. Ext2 volumes get drive letters (for instance G. Files, and directories of an Ext2 volume appear in file dialogs of all applications. There is no need to copy files from or to Ext2 volumes in order to work with them.
Features

Detailed list of features of the file system driver Extfs.sys:

* Supports Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 (x86 processors only).
* All operations you would expect: Reading and writing files, listing directories, creating, renaming, moving and deleting files or directories, querying and modifying the volume's label.
* Files larger than 4 GBytes. (Please read the FAQ section, too.)
* Paging files are supported. (A paging file is a file "pagefile.sys", which Windows swaps virtual memory to.) Users may create paging files at NT's control panel at Ext2 volumes.
* Specific functions of the I/O subsystem of NT: Byte range locks, notification of changes of directories, oplocks (which are required by the NT LAN manager for sharing files via SMB).

The file system driver Ext2fs.sys caches file data and the file system's meta data such as directories and all the on-disk structures of the Ext2 file system. (It uses the file cache of the Windows NT operating system.) Therefore it is performant. The level of sophistication of the Ext2 file system driver's implementation is indeed comparable to Windows NT's native file system drivers.

The "Ext2 Installable File System" software package is distributed as a single executable solution, complete with all of the features. It is a setup wizard which installs and configures the Ext2 file system driver.

if u guys are using different softwares please mention here

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Old 30-05-2007, 12:18 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Default Re: access linux partition in windows... easy :)

Thanks for the info,
but as mentioned, is it only for ext2 file system, coz i am using the ext3 file system....

though i haven't tried it out, but a quick googling gave me a result...
check this out..
http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/

seems to be good.


Anyways, wish you all the best for your exam..
U better go and study now..!!!
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Old 30-05-2007, 12:28 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Thanks for the info,
but as mentioned, is it only for ext2 file system, coz i am using the ext3 file system....
dude its working for ext3 file system also i tested it so no problem... anyways thanks for link
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ext3 is ext2 + journalling support. I don't think there's anything more. But even if there is, anyways ext3 is totally compatible with ext2.
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Default Re: access linux partition in windows... easy :)

yes, it is working with ext3 also.

& I was using since 4-5 months.

But one problem I noticed with my Mandriva 2007 FREE is that when I use ext3 partition on Windows, aftr booting in Mandriva it shows that partition contains file system with errors. Check forced.

I don't know what is the problem?

Still the utility is nice one....
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Old 01-06-2007, 10:36 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: access linux partition in windows... easy :)

Those of you who want to read Reiser FS partitions use Yareg from http://yareg.akucom.de/
You can only read and not write.
Another problem to be noted is that any windows crash corrupts the ext filesystem too. At least that's my experience, but it can be recovered with fsck.
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yes, it is working with ext3 also.

& I was using since 4-5 months.

But one problem I noticed with my Mandriva 2007 FREE is that when I use ext3 partition on Windows, aftr booting in Mandriva it shows that partition contains file system with errors. Check forced.

I don't know what is the problem?
i'm also using mandriva 2007 i didnt face such problem... but keep in mind when u shut down ur windows... u must again unmount the filesystem from windows.... this is mentioned in the FAQ so i EARLIER recommended everybody to READ THE FAQ
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^^ thanx dude!

I'll try this one !
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