"Arlen H. Holder" wrote:

Specifically, I downloaded, extracted & ran these 3 executables:
1. https://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/files/latest/download
2. https://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/files/latest/download
3. https://www.diskinternals.com/download/Linux_Reader.exe

FWIW, I've tried ext2fsd and found it unstable and blessed with a
non-intuitive user interface.

However, my weapon of choice to READ (not write!) ext/2/3/4 is 7-Zip.
Both the command line program (7z.exe) and the 7z file manager
(7zFM.exe) support full read access to physical drives (and files) in
ext2/3/4 format. I've never seen the need to use any other tool for that
purpose. And I would never use a Windows app to WRITE to an ext2/3/4
file system.

HTH.
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Mick