In linux, using gdisk, change the parition type of your ext partition to "microsoft basic data" (0700). This does not appear to impact Linux a all (I'm still able to mount these partitions as ext).
After that, you can go directly into the partition manager in Windows 10 and assign a drive letter to the ext partition without having to use the ext2fsd volume manager.
This appears to work for me, but try it at your own risk. I take no responsibility if this kills any of your data.
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1-run Gdisk from CLI
2-select disk (in my case it was /dev/sda)
3-select partition (in my case 4)
4-select "t" to change a partitions "type" code
5-enter "0700"
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The problem is partly UAC, on my test machine, when I try to mount using the option "Mount via DefineDosDevice" or "Create a permanent MountPoint via Session Manager", the drive letter is only assigned for all programms that I run with "As Administrator" from context menue.
And btw, the autor released a quickfix on the projects website
Last edit: agowa338 2016-03-03
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Hi all,
This is a great app, worked well under Win 8.1 But... doesn't seem to work under Windows 10.
Any suggestions?
TIA,
-manifold
Same problem here. I just wanted to copy some files, but whatever I do, the ext4 partition doesn't appear as a mounted drive in Windows 10 (1511).
I got it to work sort of accidently.
In linux, using gdisk, change the parition type of your ext partition to "microsoft basic data" (0700). This does not appear to impact Linux a all (I'm still able to mount these partitions as ext).
After that, you can go directly into the partition manager in Windows 10 and assign a drive letter to the ext partition without having to use the ext2fsd volume manager.
This appears to work for me, but try it at your own risk. I take no responsibility if this kills any of your data.
@A Coward, can you be more specific about how you used gdisk to change the partition type to msftdata? I'm using Mint 17.3 with ext4.
Solution as follows:
1-run Gdisk from CLI
2-select disk (in my case it was /dev/sda)
3-select partition (in my case 4)
4-select "t" to change a partitions "type" code
5-enter "0700"
The problem is partly UAC, on my test machine, when I try to mount using the option "Mount via DefineDosDevice" or "Create a permanent MountPoint via Session Manager", the drive letter is only assigned for all programms that I run with "As Administrator" from context menue.
And btw, the autor released a quickfix on the projects website
Last edit: agowa338 2016-03-03