Bootcamp Shared Folder?

[umbilical]

hi there, I want install bootcamp, beacuse I dont like parallels... I dont care if I need restart for run windows with bootcamp, but! my question is if with bootcamp I can shared files between mac os x and windows... like parallels option that works great (I put shared the Public folder in mac os x with parallels so all files that I drop in public folder I can use on windows), thats good but I dont if with bootcamp have something like that.

thanks

 

[JediMeister]

If you're installing Windows XP you can format the Boot Camp partition as FAT which allows the Mac OS read/write permissions on that partition. The "catch" is that the Windows partition must be less than 32 GB. If you're installing Vista you can only format as NTFS, however.

 

[richard.mac]

you can install MacFUSE + NTFS3g to allow write support for NTFS in OS X and MacDrive to allow HFS+ read and write support in Windows.

 

[umbilical]

If you're installing Windows XP you can format the Boot Camp partition as FAT which allows the Mac OS read/write permissions on that partition. The "catch" is that the Windows partition must be less than 32 GB. If you're installing Vista you can only format as NTFS, however.

I use WIN XP PRO, so I format on FAT, but where find the folder to share? bootcamp have a option like parallels to say whats the shared folder?

thanks

 

[JediMeister]

After the drive has been formatted as FAT, the entire drive is accessible in either Mac OS or XP.

 

[umbilical]

After the drive has been formatted as FAT, the entire drive is accessible in either Mac OS or XP.

but that is dangerous not? if I get a virus on windows and I get a virus that erase files, they can erase files of mac os x or of my files like music folder, sites, movies etc... ? beacuse the drive is acccesible.

make sense?

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

but that is dangerous not? if I get a virus on windows and I get a virus that erase files, they can erase files of mac os x or of my files like music folder, sites, movies etc... ? beacuse the drive is acccesible.

make sense?

No, the partition is accessible from the Mac side, not vice versa. XP won't be able to see the OS X partition.

 

[IWLTJONP]

MacFUSE + NTFS3g = ?????

RichThomas and others have mentioned combining MacFUSE + NTFS3g to allow read/write access to a Windows partition from the Mac side. This is great, and I've downloaded and installed both, but now I'm unsure how to actually implement this. Optimally, I'd want to create a "sharedfolder" inside the windows partition, and be able to drag a file into there, reboot in Vista, and work on that file. Can anybody help?