Bootcamp storage sharing

[ultimatsz]

i was just wondering if using bootcamp to install windows xp, will i be able to share the storage? (song folders can be opened with both operating system.

also. acer did not give me a full windows xp installation cd. instead it is a acer empowering technology disk where you insert the disk it installs xp along with drivers for you. can i use this for bootcamp?

thanks

[KAWSquared]

If you format the disk NTFS, you can only read from the XP drive partition. So technically, you wouldn't be able to move/edit the files on the XP side from OS X.

[davidsword]

I tried it once using the acer disk, it failed horribly.

[metallicamaster3]

An Acer Disk, on a Mac, failing? Realleh?

You need to use a non-OEM'd copy of XP to get a working operating system on your Mac.

[ultimatsz]

i meant like making a third partition with the format of like fat32.. then both os can open that partition right? is that possible?

[KAWSquared]

It's better to format your drive NTFS. But yea, if you format it FAT32 then OS X can read/write to it.

[osxdude]

Also, there is an app called HFSExplorer or something which lets you browse HFS(+) volumes and save files from them on your Windows disk. You would have to do this from the Windows side, however.

[ultimatsz]

i meant like make the thrid storage (1st being osx storage, 2nd for xp storage) the storage for my osx home folder. and also my windows xp "my documents" so that i can share music in between both operating systems