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The easiest way to do this is to have an operating system that can read and write the file system of other operating systems. For example, although Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions use the ext3 and ext4 file systems, they can read and write to the NTFS file system used by Windows. However, Windows cannot read ext4.

If you do not have an OS that can read files this way, you can alternatively install software that allows you to read partitions of different types. Most notably, Ext2Read can be installed on a Windows machine to read ext2/3/4 partitions (see related links).

Another option is to create a separate partition on your hard drive that is formatted as a type that both your OS's can read, then move the files you want to copy into that partitions.

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