I have found that when running Boot Camp, I can "see" the Mac Hard Drive from within Windows.
This allows me to drag files from the Mac side to the Windows side. Once there, they can be opened and worked on.
OS X can read, but cannot write, to a NTFS formatted drive. Windows cannot read or write to an OS X formatted drive.
Third party software, for either sides, can overcome this.
Another alternative is to use an external drive that is formatted at FAT32. Store all the files you want to use on both platforms, on there. Not the best solution though.
Adding a third partition is fraught with danger. You stand to lose everything on the disk. If you go that route, make sure you have a complete backup of BOTH platforms.
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Hi all.
I am a reasonably new Mac user.
I have a new MacBook Pro with Mac Os X Lion.
I have installed Windows 7 on an NTFS partition because I need it for my work network
(I know I shouldn't need to but don't go there - I do)
I need to use Windows at work but I much prefer using Mac OS and use this at home.
If I save my work files on the Mac partition I can only read them from windows and if I have them on the NTFS partition I can only read them from windows. This is a pain.
I saw a suggestion from someone that the answer would be a third partition in FAT32 that is used for document storage. Is this the best answer? If so is there any way to do this after I have installed windows? (I don't want to have to go back to our tech team for all the peripheries again)
Another idea I found was to store the docs on the NTFS partition and use an NTFS writing app installed on the mac.
Is there a way to share my files between the 2 operating systems better than those?
I would be keen to keep the files on the Mac partition so they will be backed up with timeware.
Am I missing anything here?
Any suggestions?

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