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  1. July 8th, 2006, 07:36 PM #1
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    Unhappy how to access ext3fs from windows

    i have messed up my debian installation but have over 25 gigs of data on that partition that i need to save ... the only thing i can think of is to copy locally and then reinstall

    can someone recommend a OS/free tool

    and if not ... even commercial products that you have exp. w/ are welcome
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  2. July 8th, 2006, 07:57 PM #2
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    http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs, here you go.

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  3. July 9th, 2006, 06:12 AM #3
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    get a usb hard drive.

    download a ubuntu live cd
    use the live cd to transfer your data to the new hard-drive.

    i said ubuntu becuase i have used it and i know usb works with it.
    but other live cd's my work aswell.

    http://www.ubuntu.com/download
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  4. July 9th, 2006, 06:22 AM #4
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    i haven't Ubantu but i can tell you Live BSD works well for this!
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  5. July 9th, 2006, 07:28 AM #5
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    and so would knoppix std.. well it's saved my arse a few times..

    and Helix live cd when opened in windows will let you browse linux partitions also..
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  6. July 11th, 2006, 09:58 PM #6
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    i don't have any exp w/ unbutu ... but

    are you saying that it writes into ntfs

    last knoppix version didn't ... only read
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