ext2 & 3 in windows/Linux Dual Boot

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ext2 & 3 in windows/Linux Dual Boot

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Reported by ToxicFrog in the IRC support channel
Question was asked about EXT drivers for Windows, this was reported.

http://fs-driver.org

This is just here for assistance to anyone looking to use EXT file systems in Windows.
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Re: ext2 & 3 in windows

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I normally use this one instead. http://www.ext2fsd.com/
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And I recommend you use neither. Giving Windows access to your / or /home file system is a very bad idea. If you want to access your data files use a shared NTFS partition instead.

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Fred wrote:And I recommend you use neither. Giving Windows access to your / or /home file system is a very bad idea. If you want to access your data files use a shared NTFS partition instead.

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I only use it for read access.
It has worked fine and I haven't had a problem with it.
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