How can I mount an EXT4 USB drive on Windows 8?

Question

I have a USB drive formatted as EXT4. How can I mount it in Windows 8?

Ideas on other workarounds are appreciated as well!

Solution 1

you will have to use 3rd party tools to access EXT4 file system on windows 8.Some options include :

• Ext2Fsd
• DiskInternals Linux Reader
• Ext2explore

you may find more info here - http://www.howtogeek.com/112888/3-ways-to-access-your-linux-partitions-from-windows/

HTH

Solution 2

You can try out Ext2Read, it seemingly works with 8.

Solution 3

Try Paragon ExtFS for Windows, it's free for personal use:

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/extfs-windows/download.html

Comments

[HackToHell]

Are you sure they work with Widnows 8 ? Ext2Fsd is known to work with windows 8

[vishesh]

Ext2explore I have checked and it worked

[Nick Bork]

Don't forget to run the installer in Compatibility mode and then run the app as Admin and it should work without issue on Windows 8

[Kostanos]

Unfortunately it doesn't detect partitions on my external USB disk in Windows 8.1.

[Kostanos]

I tried Ext2explore in Windows 8.1, it does work for some partitions, but it doesn't see all partitions in my external disk.

[frogatto]

It's not free, even for personal use.

[Lord Loh.]

And can it reliably write? Or just read?