Wednesday, October 14, 2009

ext3 on Windows

Some time ago, I needed to access one ext3 partition under Windows, so I searched for a driver.

The most popular one (by far) seemed to be http://www.fs-driver.org/ . However, I had no luck with that one. It was showing my partitions as unformatted (!) and I had to download a separate tool for diagnostics. After running the fsck that was needed, it turns out that it's not compatible with this particular disc's geometry - or something. FYI, it was a standard 250GB laptop HD.

Some more searching showed http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/ , which works like a charm. Its only "problem" is that it needs a reboot after you install it, but it won't tell you, so you must reboot your Windows after the installation even without being prompted.

Have fun :)

Friday, October 2, 2009

Insane ad

... And if you want to avoid getting stuck in traffic, you should buy a car with a more powerful engine?...

Seriously. People may not care about faster CPUs anymore, because most common application don't need CPU speed. I can understand Intel wants to convince them to buy fast CPUs. But... please... can't their advertisements be sensible?