I'm trying to create an ext4 file system on an external drive. The partition manager I usually use, EASEUS Partition Master, doesn't support ext4. What are some free alternatives?
Edit: It turns out MiniTools Partition Wizard supports ext4.
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Sign up to join this communityI'm trying to create an ext4 file system on an external drive. The partition manager I usually use, EASEUS Partition Master, doesn't support ext4. What are some free alternatives?
Edit: It turns out MiniTools Partition Wizard supports ext4.
Hmm, I haven't tried this, but Cygwin has mke2fs in the e2fsprogs package. Take a look at:
How to format Ext2 in Windows XP? and the caveat about special device names the Answer mentions: http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html
Cygwin is over at: http://www.cygwin.com/
cinst cygwin
away before you can utilize all it's filesystem types
Nov 27, 2014 at 17:15
MiniTool partition wizard is a free (for home use) partition manager that can format a partition as EXT2/3/4 from windows - http://www.partitionwizard.com
I believe HP USB Disk storage format tools might help you out (http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197). Also checkout Hiren (http://www.hiren.info/), I know they have a couple of formatting tools.