Bootcamp Help

[stephenxiii]

right i have got windows on my mac via bootcamp
is there anyway i can transfer a large file 5.6gb
from the mac to windows?

i have tried to drag n drop the file to the windows desktop
in the disc image file

thanks for your help

 

[Tomorrow]

You'll need a drive or partition that (1) OS X can write to, and (2) Windows can read. FAT32 is the most common choice. Otherwise, you're looking at using a third-party add-on.

An external hard drive should do the trick, if it's formatted FAT32.

 

[stephenxiii]

You'll need a drive or partition that (1) OS X can write to, and (2) Windows can read. FAT32 is the most common choice. Otherwise, you're looking at using a third-party add-on.

An external hard drive should do the trick, if it's formatted FAT32.

i have an external hard drive, but i use it for my time machine.

so i basicly make a new partition and make it FAT32
teh that way it will be recognised by windows?
can i do this through disk utility

 

[PrincessPeach]

FAT32 can't handle a file that big. So if your Windows partition is FAT32, you're probably out of luck no matter what.

Can you burn it to DL DVD?

 

[Tomorrow]

i have an external hard drive, but i use it for my time machine.

so i basicly make a new partition and make it FAT32
teh that way it will be recognised by windows?
can i do this through disk utility

Not sure about disk utility, but you can do it using the Boot Camp assistant.

 

[steveza]

Format your Windows partition as NTFS is you are already using FAT32 then you can run the convert command to change it to NTFS. Use MacFUSE and NTFS-3G (lots of posts about this) to access your NTFS partition.