The predominant file system used in Linux is Ext3. Linux supports a greater number of file systems like Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, XFS, JFS, etc. The file systems used in Windows are FAT (FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32) and NTFS this last variant is the most used file system in all new Windows operating systems. The file systems used in Windows and Linux are completely different in many ways from how the disks and devices are enumerated to the level of data security provided by them. To access Linux partitions from Windows, you need third-party software, specifically designed for this purpose. Linux has native support for Windows file systems (NTFS and FAT), which means that you can access Windows partitions from Linux. In which case, users often want to transfer files/data between the two operating systems. Today, in the world of computers, dual booting or running both Windows and Linux on the same system, is fairly common.

In this article, the author presents a way around this challenge. In a dual boot Windows-Linux computer, it is comparatively easier to view the Windows partitions from Linux, than the other way round, i.e., viewing Linux partitions from Windows.

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