Mount Linux Loopback disk in Windows

Scenario:

• You have a dual boot (Windows+Linux) machine
• You want windows to read your linux partition (EXT2/EXT3)
• But your linux is installed on a Loopback device file. ( Wubi installation, Ubuntu on windows.... )

Two great utilities

FS-Driver

http://www.fs-driver.org/ - Windows EXT2 driver. Enough for reading true linux partition. Works for Ext3 volumes which have been cleanly dismounted beforehand.

FileDisk

http://www.jeffothy.com/weblog/filedisk-iso-mounter/ - Mounts any disk image as a windows volume. You can also mount any ISO from the "right-click" menu as a virtual cdrom.

Command for mounting a linux loopback disk as a windows volume:

filedisk /mount 0 e:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk h:

(mount disk image as windows volume H:)