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I have installed Ubuntu in C: drive of windows as dual boot(and not in a different drive). I want to know whether ubuntu files can be accessed from within windows or not and how and where can they be accessed. Thank you.

edit- my PC is not UEFI enabled. and ubuntu is not a wubi install.

Kashyap Kotak
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    is it a wubi install? – Pilot6 Dec 30 '16 at 12:22
  • By default, Ubuntu formats its partitions with the ext4 filesystem. If you've installed Ubuntu alongside Windows on a separate partition on the disk (rather than inside the Windows partition with Wubi, or some other method), and you want to access those files from Windows, you'll need to either install ext2/3/4 filesystem drivers in the Windows system -- see How to read ext4 partitions in Windows? -- or put the specific files and folders you want to share on a separate partition both systems can natively read. – Eliah Kagan Dec 30 '16 at 12:28
  • But I have installed ubuntu alongside windows on same partition. and it isnt a wubi install – Kashyap Kotak Dec 30 '16 at 12:29
  • You have used windows-8 as a tag. How you managed to install Ubuntu on a UEFI enabled system inside C: drive? It means you created a free space from C: drive. Right? What steps did you followed? – Manish Kumar Bisht Dec 30 '16 at 12:30
  • I dont think my pc is uefi enabled. How can i check? – Kashyap Kotak Dec 30 '16 at 12:31
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    "I have installed ubuntu alongside windows on same partition" No you haven't. You've either accidentally overwritten Windows or you've partitioned it. So if you boot windows, go to My Computer and look for another drive - the ubuntu files are there. It's the same physical disk, but two separate partitions. – Tim Dec 30 '16 at 16:38
  • Similar superuser.com question is How to read ext4 partitions on Windows?. If it is Wubi, use a program which can open image file C:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk – ngng Dec 30 '16 at 21:13

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I am assuming that you have followed this(how to install ubuntu alongside pre-installed copy of Windows 8). If yes then should have a bootable Ubuntu alongside Windows 8.
Now coming to your question; you can use Disk Internals Linux Reader. Here is the link: http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/

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