title: Explore2fs
text: # Explore2fs
  
  Explore2fs is an Explorer-like program for Microsoft Windows that is capable of reading ext2 and ext3 (Linux) hard disk 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, 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
  * ext3
  * reiserfs
  * win32 API
  * sftp
  
  ## Block devices
  
  * win32 API
  * NT Native API
  * XP Volumes
  * Windows 95 (INT13 DPMI)
  * LVM2
  * Software RAID
  