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Re: [LUG] External hard drives
On 20 Dec 2010 08:56, tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 19/12/10 18:50, bjorn grohmann wrote:
>> Talking of which - why are there no apps for reading ext3/4 etc on
>> windows????
> Ext2 FSD is an open source Linux ext2/ext3 file system driver for
> Windows systems. Being open source and actively developed is a good
> thing. Making it more desirable than ext2 IFS
>
> http://www.ext2fsd.com
>
> The Ext2fsd installer would need to be on a USB stick that was
> partitioned to a file system readable by windows say Fat32
>
> Regards Bjorn
>
Thanks for those - been looking for them for ages.
It still doesn't get around the window tax thou - even a teeny windows
partition would presumably cost whatever the windows tax is.
The Windows tax is only applicable if you have Windows. Merely having a small FAT32 partition with the installation files for ext2fsd would incur no charges.
Grant
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