In 1993 an update called Extended File System 2 or ext2 was then released and was for many years the default file system in many Linux distros. Supported Operating System: – Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008ĭownload Freeware Ext2 Installable File System for Windows and instantly access Linux Ext2 & Ext3 Volumes directly from Windows. In 1992 the Extended File System or ext was launched specifically for the Linux operating system. Screenshot of Ext2 Installable File System for Windows To recover data from Ext4, Ext3, & Ext2 Linux Partition on Windows With Recoverit, first download and install Recoverit on your Windows computer, connect the hard drive with the Ext4 partition to the Windows computer and follow these simple steps. Once you have installed Ext2 IFS for Windows all your Linux Ext2 & Ext3 volumes will appear in your My Computer as Local Drive like your other FAT32 and NTFS drives. Ext2 IFS installs a pure kernel mode file system driver Ext2fs.sys, which actually extends the Windows operating system to include the Ext2 file system thus enabling all applications to directly access Ex2 Linux volumes without need of any other extra work. How about if we can directly access Linux Ext2 and Ext3 volumes from Windows, Don’t you think it will be great savior for us? Well then here is freeware application Ext2 Installable File System for Windows (Ext2 IFS for windows).Įxt2 IFS for Windows gives full access ( read access and write access) to Linux Ext2 & Ext3 Volumes. There may be instances when you are working on Windows and need to access Linux drive for some files and switching from windows to Linux is the only way but it could be time consuming. This Linux Formatted partition cannot be access directly from Windows. Since Linux requires different file-system type then windows the volume is normally Linux formatted. Most of the Geek users prefer to have dual boot system with Linux and Windows OS installed on same hard drive.

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