Best Ext2Fsd Alternatives

Ext2Fsd is described as 'ext2 file system driver for Windows (2k, XP, Vista and Win7). It’s a free software. Anyone can modify or distribute it under GPL2' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are nine alternatives to Ext2Fsd for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best alternative is DiskInternals Linux Reader, which is free. Other great apps like Ext2Fsd are Linux File Systems for Windows, Paragon ExtFS, Ext2Read (Ext2Explore) and Ext2 Installable File System.

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Ext2Fsd

Free • Open Source
Windows

Ext2Fsd is an ext2 file system driver for Windows (2k, XP, Vista and Win7). It’s a free software. Anyone can modify or...

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DiskInternals Linux Reader
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
12 alternatives to DiskInternals Linux Reader
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.
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Linux File Systems for Windows
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
9 alternatives to Linux File Systems for Windows
Linux File Systems for Windows by Paragon Software is a unique tool which gives you full access to Linux volumes within Windows.
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Paragon ExtFS
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
9 alternatives to Paragon ExtFS
extFS is one of the primary file systems of Linux. If you work on a computer and need to read or write files from HDD, SSD or flash drive formatted under Linux, you need extFS by Paragon Software.
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R/W access to extFS drives
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Ext2Read (Ext2Explore)
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Free • Open Source
Windows
8 alternatives to Ext2Read (Ext2Explore)
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.
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1. PortableExt2Read (Ext2Explore) can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Discontinued
Development ended. Last version, 2.2, was released on 2010. It can be still downloaded from SourceForge
Ext2 Installable File System
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
9 alternatives to Ext2 Installable File System
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.
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Ext2 Installable File System vs Ext2Fsd
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Performs the same functions (reads/writes ext2/ext3/ext4 hard discs), much faster than Paragon's software, recently updated in 2016.
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WinBtrfs
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Free • Open Source
Windows
5 alternatives to WinBtrfs
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.
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Lustre
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Free • Open Source
Linux
21 alternatives to Lustre
Lustre is a massively parallel filesystem designed for high-performance, large-scale data.
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not a tool for accessing ext[234] filesystems
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XtreemFS
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
19 alternatives to XtreemFS
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.
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slippycheeze
not a tool for accessing a filesystem on disk
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HFSExplorer
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
9 alternatives to HFSExplorer
HFSExplorer is an application that can read Mac-formatted hard disks and disk images.
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HFSExplorer vs Ext2Fsd
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Because it can't open Ext* disks
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supports only mac formatted drives not linux formats.
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It's not an alternative to Ext2Fsd. Ext2Fsd works with linux ext filesystems. HFSExplorer only works with hfs filesystems, which is unrelated to ext.
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one is for extfs, other's for hfs+
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It does not provice access to GNU/Linux file systems.
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