Question about virtualbox

[tommie ramirez andujar]

Hi, Jerry

In my short experience I was able to read ext3 from a Windows system
using software that can do that like Total Commader Ultra Prime. Not
sure if that can help.

Tommie


On 11/28/09, jerry <jerryturba at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I just installed the PUEL version of virtualbox and everything seems to
> be working fine but I have a question about using the shared folder.
> The shared folder is in my /home/jerry/ directory and I can access it in
> my guest OS (windows xp). I don't know if it is still true but I always
> heard that linux can read and write to the windows file system but
> windows cannot safely read and write to ext3. I did google for windows
> reading and writing to ext3 and there is a utility that they say can
> safely do it.
> My question is: Can I use my guest OS (XP) to read and write the shared
> folder on the ext3 file system safely? Should I install the xp utility
> to enable the read/write? Any precautions that I need to take? I have
> backed up /home/ but I would hate to have to reformat the whole partition.
> Thanks for any advice.
> Jerry
>
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