Day by day I am turning myself on open source. Recently I install  SimplyMEPIS in my machine as another OS after Windows.

You can now get freeware information about Linux daily. So its better idea to subscribe my feed (don’t forget to confirm it). Anyway the point is how to gain access to Linux File System ( pointing Ext2) on Windows? First we need to know why we need this. Suppose you make a good logo for your site on Linux using GIMP or downloaded some album and you want to get it when you are in Windows, then what to do? There are many paid software around there in internet may help you. However I come with a freeware which let you do the work.

The “Ext2 Installable File System for Windows” software will help you free, to access your Linux file in Windows. However it only support Ext2 system. If you want to access EXt3 system then read there FAQ section. It will allow you to read and write access on the content of that volume. It supports Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7.

How it work?

It installs a pure kernel mode file system driver Ext2fs.sys, which actually extends the Windows operating system to include the Ext2 file system. Since it is executed on the same software layer at the Windows NT operating system core like all of the native file system drivers of Windows (for instance NTFS, FASTFAT, or CDFS for Joliet/ISO CD-ROMs), all applications can access directly to Ext2 volumes. Ext2 volumes get drive letters (for instance O:). Files, and directories of an Ext2 volume appear in file dialogs of all applications. There is no need to copy files from or to Ext2 volumes in order to work with them.

It supports both the 32 bit x86 and the 64 bit x64 platform.

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