Open Source Ext2Fsd Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Ext2Fsd is Ext2Read (Ext2Explore). If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked nine alternatives to Ext2Fsd and five of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Ext2Fsd are Lustre, WinBtrfs, HFSExplorer and XtreemFS.

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Ext2Fsd

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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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Ext2Read (Ext2Explore)
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Free • Open Source
Windows
8 Ext2Read (Ext2Explore) alternatives
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.
- - Ext2Read (Ext2Explore) is the most popular Open Source alternative to Ext2Fsd.
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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
Lustre
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Linux
23 Lustre alternatives
Lustre is a massively parallel filesystem designed for high-performance, large-scale data.
- - Lustre is the most popular Linux alternative to Ext2Fsd.
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slippycheeze
not a tool for accessing ext[234] filesystems
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WinBtrfs
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Free • Open Source
Windows
5 WinBtrfs alternatives
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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HFSExplorer
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HFSExplorer is an application that can read Mac-formatted hard disks and disk images.
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Comments about HFSExplorer as a Alternative to Ext2Fsd
This alternative is disputed. HFSExplorer is still a legitimate Ext2Fsd alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
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one is for extfs, other's for hfs+
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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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It does not provice access to GNU/Linux file systems.
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XtreemFS
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Mac
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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.
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not a tool for accessing a filesystem on disk
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