Ext2Fsd
Ext2Fsd: Features At A Glance
- ext2/ext3 volume reading & writing
- ext3 journal replay when mounting
- various codepage: utf8, cp936, cp950 …
- mountpoint automatical assignment
- large inode size: 128, 256, …
- large file size bigger than 4G
- CIFS sharing over network
- htree directory indexing
- ext4 extent support
- fast fsck (uninit_bg) and group block checksum support
- up to 4G*blocksize volume: 16TB for 4K block
- 64k block-size, support compatible to Linux ext4 and e2fsprogs
- OS: 2k, xp, vista, server 2003/2008, win7
Supported Ext3/4 features :
- flexible inode size: > 128 bytes, up to block size
- dir_index: htree directory index
- filetype: extra file mode in dentry
- large_file: > 4G files supported
- sparse_super: super block backup in group descriptor
- uninit_bg: fast fsck and group checksum
- flex_bg: first metadata group
- extent: reading, writing, deleting, everything
- journal: only support replay for internal journal
Unsupported Ext3/4 features:
- journal: log-based operations, external journal
- EA (extended attributes), ACL support
- 64-bit block number
Features Ext2Fsd doesn’t support:
- fully ext3 journal support
- LVM and Linux raid (md)
- NT4 is no longer supported.
How To Mount Linux Partitions In Windows Using Ext2Fsd
Download the latest version of Ext2Fsd from the list. The current latest version is 0.62. Follow the simple installation wizard and install Ext2Fsd and launch it from the start menu. I’m using Windows 8.1 and this is working perfectly fine on this Windows. When you launch you get the following screen.
Now check ‘Mount volume in read-only mode’ and also check ‘Automatically mount via Ext2Mgr’. Now click apply. You’ve done! Now open the file manager and see the Linux partition has been mounted in Windows. In the same way, you can also mount other Linux partitions. This single application helps a lot. It saves precious time and we don’t have to boot our system in other OSes for some important files. Let us know if you’re using any similar apps for using other Linux partitions. Share them with us below. Also, tell us how frequently you need to use Linux files when you’re using Windows.
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I have a muli boot old computer. Windows 10 32 drive 1, windows 10 64 bit drive 2, and Ubuntu 64 bit drive 3. I downloaded a movie in Ubuntu and wanted to burn it to a DVD. I tried to find something to that but did not find what I needed. I booted up in Windows and was going to us Freemake but could not access my movie. I tried the file you recommended but could not get the movie off the Ubuntu drive. I gave up and copied it to a flash drive formatted in FAT32 and was able to use it in both systems. I will experiment more in trying to share files between the systems as i play on it. I don’t work so I have little else to occupy my time 🙂