Final Year Project: Using Linux Filesystems Under Windows   Chris Bryden BEng. Electronics and Software Engineering    School of Computer Science   University of Birmingham 61 11.  Appendix A: 12.  Final Year Project Proposal   12.1  Introduction It has become increasingly common for personal computers to be run on a dual boot system between Linux and Windows 95. Linux is capable of reading the VFAT file system used by windows 95, however Windows 95 does not have the  capability  to  read  a  hard  disk  partition    formatted  with  the  ext2  file  system used by a modern Linux installation. It would be beneficial, therefore, to have a means of reading and writing an ext2 partition from within Windows 95. 12.2  Project Aims 12.2.1  Phase One To produce a Windows 95 utility for file transfers to and from a local ext2 partition.   12.2.2   12.2.3  Phase Two (If Time Permits) To  produce  a  utility  that  makes  an  ext2  partition  appear  as  a  VFAT partition  to  Windows  95,  allowing  reading  and  writing  from  within  Windows applications such as Explorer.   12.3   12.4  Project Requirements · =An  IBM  Compatible  PC  with  Windows  95  /  Linux  dual  boot  installed.  I  can provide this. · =A C / C++ Development environment (e.g. Borland C++). I can provide this · =(Possibly) Visual Basic for user interface work. I can provide this.