Accessing Linux filesystems from Windows with Ext2Fsd

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Article from Issue 141/2012
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Sure you can access Windows partitions from Linux. But what if you want to connect to your Linux partitions from Windows? Ext2Fsd offers an easy solution.

Many users are accustomed to accessing Windows partitions from their Linux systems, and several popular Linux distributions now come with built-in tools for accessing Windows NTFS partitions. But what if you want to go the other way around? Suppose you’re working in a Windows system, and you need to grab files from your Linux ext4 or JFS filesystem. Or, suppose you need to transfer a few files from Windows to your Linux ext4 partition.

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