Ext4Fsd
Ext4 file system driver for Windows (by bobranten)
btrfs
WinBtrfs - an open-source btrfs driver for Windows (by maharmstone)
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| about 2 months ago | about 1 month ago | |
| C | C | |
| - | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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Ext4Fsd
Posts with mentions or reviews of Ext4Fsd.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-24.
- Is it possible to move roms from windows which is on my internal ssd of steamdeck to the sd card which has batocera on it?
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Windows to Linux. Transferring files.
Whilst that's true out-of-the-box, there are several third-party drivers and apps to read Linux filesysrems in Windows, like WinBtrfs, Ext4Fsd, Paragon File Systems Link etc.
- Copying Linux Home Directory to Windows
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Fixed the "Life with Dualboot"
I found this for ext2,3,4 too, I have tested personally https://github.com/bobranten/Ext4Fsd
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Why hasn't there been a feature-complete ext4 driver for Windows yet?
There's the once-well-known ext2fsd, but it has become abandonware for ~5 years, and it causes lots of trouble on newer Windows versions. Bo Branten took a fork of it and fixed some of its bugs two years ago, but he has yet to add any missing features like journaling or ACL.
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You can double click on Task Manager to enable this
by default only the filesystem isn't recognized, the partitions will still show up as a drive letter (except for partitions that are hidden by id or that windows can't recognize), though when you try to access them windows will of course ask you to format. if you install an unofficial kernel driver like winbtrfs or ext4fsd then the partition & filesystem can be fully recognized
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I've nuked all my NTFS file systems, and switched over to Ext4
In a pinch, you could use Ext4Fsd for windows at https://github.com/bobranten/Ext4Fsd
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Only Microsoft can give open source the gift of NTFS
Maybe this? https://github.com/bobranten/Ext4Fsd
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Alternative to NTFS for dual boot?
There actually is a way to run btrfs and ext4 on Windows, but I probably wouldn't recommend them as they likely won't have the same speed and stability as a natively supported file system format.
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NTFS3 driver is orphan already. What we do?
There is Ext4Fsd, but it's not very good.
btrfs
Posts with mentions or reviews of btrfs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-06.
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WinBtrfs – an open-source btrfs driver for Windows
> I'd gladly throw my credit card at it
https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs?tab=readme-ov-file#dona...
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Bug Hunting in Btrfs
Can this be used? I knew ReactOS would use it natively.
https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs
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And so it begins. Im debating on weather to go BTRFS or NTFS.
I loose out on BTRFS snapshotting and subvolumes then. And if you look at winbtrefs it’s more than a hobbiest project. It has quite active development progress constantly https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs
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Software for syncing files between NTFS and Btrfs partitions.
I've installed the WinBtrfs driver on Windows, which supports read/write support for Btrfs partitions.
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Steam Deck dualboot. How to share storage?
Install WinBTRFS so Windows can read the file BTRFS file system.
- Is there ways to backup only modified files to a local drive?
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Best SSD file format to use between fedora and windows
I don’t know if that tool allows to write but this GitHub page https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs seems mature enough. I am still unsure to trust it because I could bork my SSD and files
- How will a micro sd card work on a dual booted steam deck?
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Uh oh. Used WinBtrfs to run a balance check on the partition with the Linux OS on it and now the drive is locked and it's booting into emergency mode
https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs scroll down to mappings and that *should help with sharing things between both OSes.
- For Dual-Boot Steam Deck Users: Share a Single MicroSD card on both SteamOS & Windows 10/11 Guide
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Ext4Fsd and btrfs you can also consider the following projects:
linux-ntfs3 - Linux kernel source tree
SteamNTFS - Using Steam and NTFS more securely
zstd - Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm
BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.
scalar - Scalar: A set of tools and extensions for Git to allow very large monorepos to run on Git without a virtualization layer
ntfs-3g - NTFS-3G Safe Read/Write NTFS Driver
Proton - Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components
syncthing-android - Wrapper of syncthing for Android.
ntfs2btrfs
Ext3Fsd - Ext2/3/4 file system driver for Windows
btrfs-progs - Development of userspace BTRFS tools