Access Linux filesystems from Windows with Explore2fs
Posted by Admin on November 3rd, 2006
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If you are using dual boot systems or laptops this tool is very useful tool for you.If you want to access your linux data from windows in one click.This can be used windows based dual boot systems like windows and debian, ubuntu, gentoo, redhat..etc
Explore2fs Features
Reads ext2
Reads ext3
Drag & Drop
1.44Meg Floppy Disk Support
LS120 Floppy Disk Support
ZIP & Jazz Disk Support
USB & CF Disk Support
CDROM Support
Supports Windows 98 extended partition scheme
Export files as binary
Export files as text
Export directory
View/Execute file
Large disk support
Large file support
LVM2
ReiserFS Detection
Unicode UTF8 support
Preserve time stamps on export
Download Explore2fs
First this is you need to download Explore2fs latest version from here
Once you downloaded the explore2fs-1.07.zip (Current Stable version) file you need to extract and you should see the following files
If you want to see the linux partitions you need to double click on penguin icon.I have downloded this to my laptop which is installed windows xp and ubuntu linux and you should see in the following screen my ubuntu linux partitons hda3,hda4.
If you want to see /etc files in my ubuntu linux partiton you can access like windows explorer and you can see the list of files in the following screen
Explore2fs version details
November 3rd, 2006 at 2:49 pm
The major disadvantage of this software is that you cannot edit any files.
I prefer IFS Driver
http://www.fs-driver.org/
November 3rd, 2006 at 2:53 pm
if you want to access files you need to download and open the files
November 5th, 2006 at 3:14 am
It does not recognize LVM
November 5th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
I have 2 SATA drives Linux=FC5 and Windows=XP. Explore2fs worked rather nicely and is a welcome addition to my toolbox.
November 6th, 2006 at 1:09 am
Nice program, but does not support ReiserFS. Since I am running dual boot with Windows Media Center and SuSE 10.1. I don’t want to change my configuration in SuSE. Any chance the program will be supporting ReiserFS?
November 16th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
all well and good but can it see the partitions over a lan? my linux box cant seam to talk to my win box and if this app can then it will be one of the best tools for the windows world.