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If I download stuff on windows xp can I save it on my OS?
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Hi! new here! I'm confused about boot camp tho. Im going to install it and was wondering how much should I divide my Giga bytes. I will mostly use my macbook on downloading like songs or manga and I usually do it on windows. I have both windows and apple laptops and i decided to buy a new one that can carry both, the macbook. But Im not a genius when it comes to comp all I just do is download stuff.... If I download stuff on windows can I actually save it on OS so I could just put 30 gb on windows drive. My windows laptop had 60gb and its already full to its limit. Wondering if I should put more on my windows than my os? And where do you buy windows xp and what windows xp? And also how much? Thank You
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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No, unfortantely, Windows can not write to OS X, which means anything you download in Windows goes in that partition. Make sure you keep this in mind when you divide your hard drive up!
You can buy a copy of Windows XP anywhere that sells any type of computer software, including most online stores and/or stores like Fry's Electronics. A retail copy of XP Home runs for $199, and Pro is $299. Home should be fine for your needs.
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Thank you for the reply! I guess I'll buy the windows xp later.. Too expensive.. Can you actually use others windows xp?
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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If you have a drive or partition formatted as FAT32, both Windows and Mac OS X will be able to read and write to it. (I wouldn't try installing either OS on it, but it can be useful as kind of a middle ground.)
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Chuck
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The Mac OS seems to be able to read NTFS too. I didn't think it could before I installed it actually (I guess you can't write to it from X though). But it means if you save something in Windows you can get to it in X, but NOT vice versa.
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Yes, OS X can READ NTFS partitions, but it cannot write to them. OS X can, however, both read and write FAT32 partitions. The problem is that FAT32 is not as advanced a file system as NTFS, so it's not ideal for most uses.
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You can also buy MacDrive for Windows, which lets XP read and write to the OSX partition.
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I did what was mentioned above, and created a FAT32 partition for cross-OS data swapping.
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