[pjc50]

> access the same files with native Windows tools

Er, about that: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2016/11/17/do-n...

DO NOT, under ANY circumstances, create and/or modify Linux files using Windows apps, tools, scripts, consoles, etc.

Edit: downvoting accurate information that was previously posted on HN? Really?

[detaro]

You can access your entire Windows filesystem freely from Linux, so that's not really an issue. Just keep your data in /mnt, or link it from there to other places.