Explore2fs

Explore2fs is an Explorer-like program for Microsoft Windows that is capable of reading ext2 and ext3 (Linux) hard disk partitions.^[1] This can be especially convenient if one has a dual-boot system with both Linux and Windows partitions, or if one uses a live-CD version of Linux that creates an ext2 partition image as a single file on an NTFS drive (such as Puppy Linux, for instance, does). It is licensed under the GPLv2.

A new version called Virtual Volumes is being developed. This new version has a layered modular design. It supports multiple filesystems and multiple disk access methods.

Filesystems

• ext2
• ext3
• reiserfs
• win32 API
• sftp

Block devices

• win32 API
• NT Native API
• XP Volumes
• Windows 95 (INT13 DPMI)
• LVM2
• Software RAID