Linux supports multiple file systems, Windows supports only fat, and fat32. I
don't know what your background is, but the file system is what allows you to
store information on your hard disk. Linux uses a system called 'ext2fs' or
'second extended file system'. Windows uses 'FAT' or 'File Allocation Table',
which doesn't mean much to look at the names but the way they work is much
different. I'm not an engineer so I can't really explain it beyond that, but
suffice it to say, Windows just doesn't have native support for other operating
systems file systems. I've often wished that I could transfer files while in
Windows, but the nice thing about Linux is that it usually comes right out of
the box configured with support for dos, vfat, hpfs, and a few other not often
used file systems.
Hope that helps,
Mike
andy wrote:
> OK folks, thanks for all your answers on why I can see my Windows partition
> in Linux, but not the other way around..
>
> Now..I KNOW you are all Windows haters :-))...
>
> ...But come on..what is the REASON? Not 'Because windows is made by 'Satans
> Sperm' (Something I certainly DON'T subscribe to BTW!!!).
>
> Is it something built into Windows that stops it (Or..more likely, something
> not added INTO Windows!!) seeing the Linux files. After all, an HTML file, A
> GIF image is the same on whichever o/s. ((Sits back and waits for someone to
> tell me 'Oh, no they're not'!!!).
>
> It's a great shame.. I've downloaded stuff onto my Windows partition for
> Linux, and I can move that over no problem. Much as most folks on here won't
> like me for saying this, Windows will, for a long, long time, remain my OS
> of most use. It's therefore a great shame that, while I'm downloading off
> the web, I can't download Windows stuff while I'm connected via Linux.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
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