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Mount ext3fs in Windows

I'm surprised I couldn't find this question trough the search. What's the easiest/best way to mount an ext3 formatted partition in Windows (7 RC, in this case)?

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Guest [Entry]

"Just found this overview of three ways to access an ext3 partition. Don't know if the first supports Windows 7; the second supports Vista so it likely does. Both of those are just file managers, though.

The third, Ext2 IFS, is the only one I've heard of before, and it does support ext3. It sounds like you wanted the partition mounted so all apps can access it, and that's what this does."
Guest [Entry]

"I guess one possible way is to run Windows inside VirtualBox on Linux and configure directories to be shared.

(Disclaimer: I've only ever done this the other way around. Disclosure: I work for the producers of VirtualBox, but do not work on it.)"