Explore2fs is an Explorer

Windows Explorer

This article is about the Windows file system browser. For the similarly named web browser, see Internet ExplorerWindows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It provides a graphical user interface...

-like program

Computer program

A computer program is a sequence of instructions written to perform a specified task with a computer. A computer requires programs to function, typically executing the program's instructions in a central processor. The program has an executable form that the computer can use directly to execute...

 for Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

 that is capable of reading ext2

Ext2

The ext2 or second extended filesystem is a file system for the Linux kernel. It was initially designed by Rémy Card as a replacement for the extended file system ....

 and ext3

Ext3

The ext3 or third extended filesystem is a journaled file system that is commonly used by the Linux kernel. It is the default file system for many popular Linux distributions, including Debian...

 (Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

) hard disk

Hard disk

A hard disk drive is a non-volatile, random access digital magnetic data storage device. It features rotating rigid platters on a motor-driven spindle within a protective enclosure. Data is magnetically read from and written to the platter by read/write heads that float on a film of air above the...

 partitions. This can be especially convenient if one has a dual-boot system
with both Linux and Windows partitions, or if one uses a live-CD version of Linux that creates
an ext2 partition image as a single file on an NTFS drive (such as Puppy Linux

Puppy Linux

Puppy Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution that focuses on ease of use. The entire system can be run from RAM, allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system has started...

, for
instance, does). It is licensed under the GPLv2.

A new version called Virtual Volumes is being developed. This new version has a layered modular design. It supports multiple filesystems and multiple disk access methods.

Filesystems

• ext2
  Ext2
  The ext2 or second extended filesystem is a file system for the Linux kernel. It was initially designed by Rémy Card as a replacement for the extended file system ....
  
  /ext3
  Ext3
  The ext3 or third extended filesystem is a journaled file system that is commonly used by the Linux kernel. It is the default file system for many popular Linux distributions, including Debian...
  
  
• reiserfs
  ReiserFS
  ReiserFS is a general-purpose, journaled computer file system designed and implemented by a team at Namesys led by Hans Reiser. ReiserFS is currently supported on Linux . Introduced in version 2.4.1 of the Linux kernel, it was the first journaling file system to be included in the standard kernel...
  
  
• win32 API
• sftp
  SSH file transfer protocol
  In computing, the SSH File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management functionality over any reliable data stream...
  
  

Block devices

• win32 API
• NT Native API
  Native API
  The Native API is the publicly- and incompletely-documented application programming interface used internally by the Windows NT family of operating systems produced by Microsoft.. It is predominately used during system boot, when other components of Windows are unavailable. The Program Entry point...
  
  
• XP Volumes
  Volume (computing)
  In the context of computer operating systems, volume is the term used to describe a single accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk. Similarly, it refers to the logical interface used by an operating system to access data stored on...
  
  
• Windows 95 (INT13 DPMI)
• LVM2
• Software RAID
  RAID
  RAID is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit...
  
  

External links

• Explore2fs website