Ext2 Installable File System for Windows

• 1). Download Ext2 Installable File System for Windows installer (see "Resources").
  
  
• 2). Double-click on the "Ext2IFS_1_11a.exe" file to start the installation wizard.
  
  
• 3). Check the "Enable read-only access" option if you do not want to be able to write to the Linux partition.
  
  
• 4). Ensure the "Enable UTF-8" checkbox is selected. Most modern Linux distributions use the UTF-8 encoding.
  
  
• 5). Check the "Enable large file feature" check box if you have files that are larger than two gigabytes.
  
  
• 6). Choose the letter that you want to use for your Linux partition.
  
  
• 7). Choose the "My Computer" option under the "Start" menu.
  
  
• 8). Double-click on the drive letter assigned to the Linux partition to access the files.
  
  

Explore2fs

• 1). Download the explore2fs-1.07.zip file from the Chrysocome website (see "Resources").
  
  
• 2). Navigate to the folder that contains the downloaded file.
  
  
• 3). Double-click on the "explore2fs-1.07.zip" file to extract the files contained within the archive.
  
  
• 4). Double-click on the "explore2fs.exe" to access the Linux partition. The Linux partition will not be assigned a drive letter. You can only access it by clicking on the "explore2fs.exe" file.
  
  

DiskInternals Linux Reader

• 1). Download and install DiskInternals Linux Reader (see "Resources").
  
  
• 2). Double-click on the "Linux Reader" option under the "Start" menu.
  
  
• 3). Browse the Linux partition using the Linux Reader file manager.
  
  
• 4). Right-click any file and choose the "Save" option to transfer the file to the Windows partition.