how to detect ext3 drive in win 7

allow there systems to read them. Best bet is to download a Linux system and burn it to a disc, then use the Live CD version to read the drive and copy the data onto one of your Windows drives as Linux will read the Microsoft formats. Then you could wipe the drive and format as a Windows drive.

BTW This belongs in the Q&A area, not the discussion area.

provides some suuport for Linux filesystems in Windows.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/?source=navbar

Haven't tried it myself, I usually use a FAT formatted partition for files
that may be shared between the 2 operating systems as both can
read/write to FAT.
Might try posting in Q&A also...
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