It uses indirect block mapping scheme, which makes it efficient to manage small files. Ext3 file system was designed with the ability to journal write to the files system, which allows quite fast crash recovery time. Ext3 can be converted to Ext3 directly without backup / restore. EXT4 is current the default file system of Linux and it improves performance and reliability and adds additional features over EXT3.Įxt3 became available since the year 2001 together with Linux Kernel 2.4.15 and it is a logical extension of Ext2. EXT2 (the second extended version) was improved based on the original version, and EXT3 improves performance over EXT2. EXT means Extended Filesystem and it was mainly introduced for MINIX. Windows and Linux use different file system formats, and the most widely used file system in Linux is EXT4, EXT3 and EXT2. The rest part of the instruction is going to explain how to create, format, delete, write, resize and recover EXT4 partition from Windows 11/10/8/7.įile system is the way how files are stored and organized on storage device. It would be better if we can read and write Linux EXT4/3/2 partition from Windows. ![]() In this case, we'll have to reboot computer to Linux and access desired data. Sometimes we may need to access data of Linux partition from Windows, but Windows does not support Linux file system. ![]() Linux system is able to access Windows partition, but Windows cannot access Linux partitions. Partitions used in Windows are formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, while they are formatted as EXT4, EXT3 or EXT2 in Linux. If your computer is dual-boot with Linux and Windows, you are probably very clear that default file systems used in Windows and Linux are different. Guide #5: How to Recover Lost Data from EXT4 Drive?. ![]()
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