Write on MacHD from XP?
August 8, 2010 11:42 AM Subscribe
Is it possible to write to Macintosh HD from within a Windows XP boot camp partition?
I've set read/write permission in OSX to all/all but I still receive errors writing to MacHD from XP. I didn't anticipate how much I'd be using XP and now I'm running short on disk space. Hopefully there's a way to get out of reformatting / resizing and reinstalling. I do have a portable drive, but I'd prefer not to use it.
I've set read/write permission in OSX to all/all but I still receive errors writing to MacHD from XP. I didn't anticipate how much I'd be using XP and now I'm running short on disk space. Hopefully there's a way to get out of reformatting / resizing and reinstalling. I do have a portable drive, but I'd prefer not to use it.
Response by poster: Awesome, that is exactly what I'm looking for. Every time I searched the results were full of information on accessing Windows from OS X so I never got very far. Thanks!
posted by Lorin at 12:06 PM on August 8, 2010
posted by Lorin at 12:06 PM on August 8, 2010
Best answer: HFS+ for Windows from Paragon is $10 cheaper.
It's also possible to resize your bootcamp partition by making an image of the Windows partition, using Bootcamp assistant to remove the partition and then create a new larger one, then restoring the Windows image to that larger partition. I'd do it using DeployStudio myself, but you might find that too technical, there are other tools out there for making and restoring Windows images from the Mac OS.
Alternatively, you could use something like Parallels Desktop for Mac to boot your Bootcamp partition from within the Mac OS, and then you'd have read/write access from XP.
posted by jardinier at 1:04 PM on August 8, 2010
It's also possible to resize your bootcamp partition by making an image of the Windows partition, using Bootcamp assistant to remove the partition and then create a new larger one, then restoring the Windows image to that larger partition. I'd do it using DeployStudio myself, but you might find that too technical, there are other tools out there for making and restoring Windows images from the Mac OS.
Alternatively, you could use something like Parallels Desktop for Mac to boot your Bootcamp partition from within the Mac OS, and then you'd have read/write access from XP.
posted by jardinier at 1:04 PM on August 8, 2010
When I need to move data between my Mac and Windows partitions, I use a thumb drive.
posted by neuron at 8:24 PM on August 8, 2010
posted by neuron at 8:24 PM on August 8, 2010
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posted by sharkfu at 12:02 PM on August 8, 2010