Labeling Linux Drive to Display in XP
 

I am trying to pull some data off a linux drive - hooking it up as a slave in Win XP - - - >

the drive shows up fine in the hardware profile - but fails to show up in my computer due to no "a: b: c: etc" label. Anyone know how i can define the label.

XP and other Windows versions can't see Linux drives. As soon as you format it as Linux, it disappears in Windows.

However, if you create a small fat32 partition on one of your HDs both Linux and XP will be able to see it and read/write it. As long as you can boot Linux that is.

It is true that Windoze cannot see any linux partitions, but there is a tool available here http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/ called Explore2fs.
It only enables read only mode, hope it does the trick.

Makes no difference to dsiguy - he wants to take data off the Linux partition and onto the Win partition. Good tool though.

Dsiguy - is the Windows partition ntfs or fat 32? If fat 32 you could boot into Linux and transfer, if ntfs then you have problems.

Explore2fs allows files to be copied onto Windows partitions. However if I forget to transfer a *.doc file I'm working on in Openoffice, I kind of reboot and move it using Linux, Explore2fs kinds of stuffs up the format of the page. The data still is retreivable by copying it from one word document into another though.

Explore2fs is a good plan.