Actually I have dual BOOT system with Windows and Linux, If you also have it and have data spread across different partitions on Linux and Windows, you should be really in for some issues.
It happens so sometimes you need to access your files on Linux partitions from Windows, and you realize it isn’t possible easily. Not really, with these tools in hand – it’s very easy for you to access files on your Linux partitions from Windows:
DiskInternals Linux Reader has a Windows Explorer like interface, and can provide access to Ext2 and Ext3 Linux partitions from Windows. You can extract files easily from those linux partitions to your Windows partitions. You can’t use this tool to write on those partitions, though.
Ext2 Installable File System for Windows – Download
A bit better than the above tool, this utility can give you both read and write access to Ext2 and Ext3 Filesystems from Windows. Plus, once you have this installed, Windows can use it your Linux partition as a paging file as well. a
rfsd: ReiserDriver – Download
ReiserDriver allows access to ReiserFS partitions from Windows. The partitions appear like other filesystems, and can be accessed by any windows application. This is yet in kinda like pre-release stage, and installation should prove tedious for newbies.
