Submitted by ggarron on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 02:00
This is a guide to access your Linux partitions (ext2 or ext3) from your windows Vista, if you are using XP read this.
First Download the FS-Driver from its webpage.
Once you have on your Vista disk, right click on it and select compatibility for XP Service Pack 2 as shown on this picture.
Then double click on the installer and click on run.
Allow it to run.
Follow the next screens as shown below.
Accept the license
Enable large file suppport
Select a letter for your extX drive
And now reboot your Vista and you are done.
Update jan-17-2009
Thanks to Jakob, we have this other option now:
ext2fsd, I have not tried it, so please post your experiences about it.
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By now most linux-distros use 256 bit inode-numbers, which ext2ifs does not deal with. There is another driver that works in precisely the same way, which _does_ understand 256 bit inode numbers: ext2fsd. Check it out on www.ext2fsd.com. Installation etc are precisely the same as for ext2ifs. Some of the reported problems in the comments may actually be due precisely to this problem with the inode numbers. So I suggest those people to give ext2fsd a try. Sofar it works flawlessly for me