This Linux filesystem reader reportedly works with Windows Vista (as well as other versions of Windows):
[http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/](http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/)
There’s also a utility to recover deleted files from Linux partitions:
[http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-recovery/](http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-recovery/)