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Originally Posted by Spode
So there is no way to see a Linux partition in Win 7? I can copy and write images, but I can't actually see any of the resultant Linux partitions? I tried Linux Reader but it didn't show the partitions on the uSD card. Is there any software or hardware that does this?
I know nothing about Linux. I was hoping if it were possible to see the Linux partitions that I could delete and replace corrupted or dysfunctional partitions. This is no doubt naive, it's probably much more complicated than I realize. You can read FAT32 directories in Linux. Why not the reverse? Think maybe I'll get a Windows version of Linux. Windows is no limiting. Would love to move onto a new OS.
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I've played with ext2fsd under Windows but for the most part, I've used the DiskInternals freeware Linux Reader to grab files from Linux partitions. There are a couple of other ways of accessing Linux partitions but the best way is to have a Linux machine.
That said, I would not recommend playing with the 2 Linux partitions until you have a good backup -- good as in you've restored it to another uSD card and your ereader works with that card installed.
As for why Linux can read FAT32 but Windows can't read Ext2/Ext3/Ext4/ReiserFS/.../ZFS, just consider how common FAT32 is even for non-computer devices.