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Windows-7 & Linux compatibility

Discussion in 'Other PC Software' started by Theo Tulley, 2010/02/27.

  1. 2010/02/27
    Theo Tulley

    Theo Tulley Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have Windows-7/64 Home Premium installed, dual booting with LinuxMint-8 (Helena) on a Dell Inspiron 1750 Laptop [2.2GHz Intel Premium Dual core cpu, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB hdd].

    Windows does not display the partitions formatted for Linux. Also it doesn't recognise folders in its own partition inserted by Linux - mainly created by Open Office, which is installed under Windows as well as under Linux. It does show My Pictures, a group of folders full of .jpg files, but there are difficulties editing these folders (copy, paste et c.) under Windows.

    Previously on another machine this problem was resolved by software installed under Windows-XP-Pro, but I haven't yet found anything compatible with WIndoows-7 for this purpose. Perhaps it's still too new?

    Most grateful for any help.
     
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  2. 2010/02/28
    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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    Windows cannot natively access linux partitions (extX), you will need to install a 3rd party driver to do so, but I suggest you don't anyway. Windows can display the ext3 partitions in Disk Mgmt but it cannot do anything with them except delete them.

    Linux can access Windows partitions if have the appropriate drivers installed, i.e. ntfs3g, fuse, etc.

    Best to use a fat32 partition for sharing data between both operating systems.
     
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