I need to access a linux formatted drive (xfs) on a Windows 7 (64bit) machine

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How can I do this?

I've never used linux before so I'm completely new to all of this. I have an external hdd formatted to xfs that I need to access using a Windows 7 64bit machine. I've got no idea how to do this.

I heard that CoLinux might be an option but apparently that's not compatible with 64bit machines.
 
OK. I'm downloading Virtual Box and an Ubuntu ISO. I'm guessing I can use this to create a shared folder accessible to both my host Windows machine and my virtual linux machine?
 
OK. I've spent the last hour or so downloading and installing VB and Ubuntu so I'd like to stick with this for the time being. Any idea how to make a shared folder?
 
Download a live CD and install it onto a USB stick with a program like unetbootin, or burn it to a CD. Boot from it, then just open the file manager and you'll have access to the lot. You can copy files back and forth as much as you like.
 
I haven't dabbled with virtual machines much, but if you downloaded ubuntu did you download it as a .iso file? If so, just burn that to a CD (i find it a lot easier than USB booting) after checking the MD5 and boot from it. If you're burning it on Windows memory tells me that you'll need a special iso burning program that doesn't leave horrible formatting on it, and you'll want to burn it at a low speed to prevent errors.

Once you've booted it is just a matter of dragging and dropping.
 
Splendid! Welcome to Linux! :)

Live CDs are really useful for this kind of thing, and system recovery, and virus scanning Windows machines, etc. They're brilliant!
 
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