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Resolved How Can I see Linux HDD's through WIN7.

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by Pepse, 2011/02/12.

  1. 2011/02/12
    Pepse

    Pepse Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I am running WIN7 Ultimate on one hard drive and 3 different Linux OS's on 3 other hard drives. Is there something in Win7 to allow me to see AND pull pix files and other things from them HDD's and put in Win7?

    Later. Pepse.
     
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    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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    Ext2 Installable File System for Windows
    Explore2fs
    Ext2Read (works on Windows 7)

    Personally. I only use ntfs3g and read/write to Windows partitions when using Linux. I don't want to read/write to Linux partitions from Windows.

    It's a lot easier to recover from improper unmounting of partitions from Linux than it is from Windows. Linux will automatically fix what's needed while Windows may not.
     
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    rsinfo

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    I second TonyT.

    Its better NOT to write anything to Linux partitions [unless they are FAT partitions] from Windows & vice versa.

    I run Ubuntu under Oracle VM Virtualbox & transfer files between the two through SAMBA.
     
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  5. 2011/02/16
    Pepse

    Pepse Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Okay, I will leave it alone. I am having a bad time with GRUB and can't access my main Kubuntu HDD. So, I ran a Mandriva live CD and copied all the files and folders I need to Win7, in case I have to redo this whole mess I made with GRUB.

    Thanks for the useful opinions.

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    TonyT

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    GRUB Legacy or GRUB 2?
     
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  7. 2011/02/17
    Pepse

    Pepse Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I am still using GRUB Legacy. I posted my problem in Justlinux.com and haven't heard anything for about a week.

    Later. Pepse.
     
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    TonyT

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    pls post link to that thread in a private message to me here.
     
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