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- How to read ext4 partitions on Windows? - Super User
Fast and easy read write access to Ext2 Ext3 Ext4 under Windows The only solution with Ext4 read - write support! Easy-to-install and supports Windows 8 7 Vista XP edit 2015-04-06 you might want to stick to read files off Linux - there have been anecdotal reports of file system corruptions when writing files to ext4 partitions using
- How to use ext4 filesystems in Windows? : r linux - Reddit
You can mount ext4 filesystems using wsl2 and then access it through the exported windows linux special directory in explorer EDIT to add getting direct access to raw devices to work with is a bit tricker though (but you didn't ask that :-) ) Second Edit to show some instructions I just found which also include raw disk details
- EXT4, BTRFS or XFS? : r linuxquestions - Reddit
XFS is a mature filesystem (much older than ext4) that excels with larger files, such as you'd find more commonly in an enterprise environment It can scale higher than ext4, too, something also valued in enterprise
- Is EXT4 really better than NTFS? : r linux4noobs - Reddit
Is EXT4 really better than NTFS? Everyone says EXT4 is better than NTFS, but how? I'd like to really understand it I don't want "ah, it's more secure" and "ah, it's more efficient" Is there any in-depth article or video about the workings of the EXT4 file system? I'd like to get to know the bones and the meat, not just the skin
- Linux filesystems EXT4 vs XFS, what to choose, what is better
Various internet sources suggest that XFS is faster and better, but taking into account that they also suggest that EXT4 is faster than NTFS and I use NTFS as starting baseline, they are both better If the need arises to have to mount the drive on a Windows machine, EXT4 can be read with additional utilities, but XFS cannot afaik
- Seriously, how is EXT4 (and potentially other fs types) so . . . - Reddit
EXT4 is great for general usage, btrfs has some advanced features, ZFS has great capabilities and customization options One thing I was always interested in after switching from Windows is how is Linux so insanely fast with handling files? I first noticed this after moving my games to a different drive On Windows this process took around an hour
- How do I get back unused disk space from Ubuntu on WSL2?
There are a few options here, but I'm moving things around in this edit My "original" answer is back to being the preferred method See the bottom of this answer for an alternative, experimental method "Original" Answer (Preferred) There's a WSL Github issue open on this topic WSL will automatically grow the virtual disk (ext4 vhdx), but shrinking it to reclaim unused space is something
- How to make Windows able to read ext4, zfs, etc… Linux drives?
For ext2 ext3 ext4 I use ext2fsd which despite being a dead project still works under Windows 10 just fine Haven't tested it under W11 I'd personally use a VM, e g VirtualBox with Linux + Samba SFTP FTP server to access other filesystems such as btrfs, XFS or ZFS A native FS driver is better than anything available for Windows
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