Ext2 Installable File System Alternatives

Ext2 Installable File System is described as 'It provides Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 with full access to Linux Ext2 volumes (read access and write access). This may be useful if you have installed both Windows and Linux as a dual boot environment on your computer' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Ext2 Installable File System for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best Ext2 Installable File System alternative is DiskInternals Linux Reader, which is free. Other great apps like Ext2 Installable File System are Linux File Systems for Windows, Paragon ExtFS, WinBtrfs and HFSExplorer.

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    A freemium tool for reading files from EXT2/EXT3/EXT4, HFS, UFS2, Reiser4, and ReiserFS partitions in Windows. Some filesystem types locked restricted to "Pro" version.

    14 DiskInternals Linux Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
    • DiskInternals Linux Reader is the most popular Windows alternative to Ext2 Installable File System.

    • DiskInternals Linux Reader is the most popular free alternative to Ext2 Installable File System.

    • DiskInternals Linux Reader is Freemium and ProprietaryExt2 Installable File System is Free and Proprietary
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    Gain full access to ExtFS/Btrfs/XFS partitions from a Windows environment, ensuring optimal data safety and performance. Supports automount, LVM, and integration with 3rd party applications through GUI or command line, suitable for media handling and full file control.

    10 Linux File Systems for Windows alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
    • Linux File Systems for Windows is the most popular commercial alternative to Ext2 Installable File System.

    • Linux File Systems for Windows is Paid and ProprietaryExt2 Installable File System is Free and Proprietary
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    Enables Mac users to access Linux ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems, performing file operations like read, write, move, and delete. Mount and repair Linux volumes effortlessly, ensuring fast and seamless use across different operating systems.

    10 Paragon ExtFS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • Paragon ExtFS is the most popular Mac alternative to Ext2 Installable File System.

    • Paragon ExtFS is Paid and ProprietaryExt2 Installable File System is Free and Proprietary
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    WinBtrfs is a Windows driver for the next-generation Linux filesystem Btrfs. A reimplementation from scratch, it contains no code from the Linux kernel, and should work on any version from Windows XP onwards. It is also included as part of the free operating system ReactOS.

    6 WinBtrfs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
    • WinBtrfs is the most popular Open Source alternative to Ext2 Installable File System.

    • WinBtrfs is Free and Open SourceExt2 Installable File System is Free and Proprietary
  5. HFSExplorer icon
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    HFSExplorer is an application that can read Mac-formatted hard disks and disk images.

    10 HFSExplorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • HFSExplorer is the most popular Linux alternative to Ext2 Installable File System.

    • HFSExplorer is Free and Open SourceExt2 Installable File System is Free and Proprietary
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    Ext2Read is an explorer like utility to explore ext2/ext3/ext4 files. It now supports Linux LVM2. It can be used to view and copy files and folders. It can recursively copy entire folders. It can also be used to view and copy disk and file system images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. BeeGFS icon
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    BeeGFS (formerly FhGFS) is a parallel cluster file system, developed with a strong focus on performance and designed for very easy installation and management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
     
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    Lustre is a massively parallel filesystem designed for high-performance, large-scale data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  9. XtreemFS icon
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    XtreemFS is an object-based, distributed file system for wide area networks. The file system replicates objects for fault tolerance and caches metadata and data to improve performance over high-latency links. SSL and X.

    22 XtreemFS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Mounting 3rd-party filesystems on macOS has always been tricky. There's official support for reading NTFS but otherwise we've mainly used solutions based on macFUSE. We've got NTFS-3g which is a pretty mature driver but for Linux filesystems there's only a couple...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
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