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Three Ways To Access Linux Partitions (ext2/ext3) From Windows On Dual-Boot Systems

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If you have a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, you probably know this problem: you can access files from your Windows installation while you are in Linux, but not the other way round. This tutorial shows three ways how you can access your Linux partitions (with ext2 or ext3 filesystem) from within Windows: Explore2fs, DiskInternals Linux Reader, and the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows.

If you have a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, you probably know this problem: you can access files from your Windows installation while you are in Linux, but not the other way round. This tutorial shows three ways how you can access your Linux partitions (with ext2 or ext3 filesystem) from within Windows: Explore2fs, DiskInternals Linux Reader, and the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows. While the first two provide read-only access, the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows can be used for read and write operations.

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Comments (3)

Bob_Robertson ·
May I assume that the journal is written out during a normal shutdown, thus making it OK to access the filesystem as ext2 without making a muck of things?

Just a thought.
gus3 ·
(My answer subject to correction, as usual.)

Nothing I have encountered in ext3 documentation states that the journal is committed on unmount, except by implication from the tune2fs man page:

Quoting:WARNING: Removing an external journal from a filesystem which was not cleanly unmounted without first replaying the external journal can result in severe data loss and filesystem corruption.
However, after removing the journal, it is a good idea to run e2fsck, just to be on the safe side.

Contrast this with Solaris' "logging" feature, which can be added and removed at will in fstab. Just reboot, and the addition or removal of logging takes effect immediately.
Bob_Robertson ·
> Just reboot, and the addition or removal of logging takes effect immediately.

Which itself implies a controlled unmount.

ext3 goes to ext2 the same, maybe back the other way too, once the .journal has been created.

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