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    BootCamp - three partitions?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by RogueMonk, Jun 29, 2006.

  1. RogueMonk

    RogueMonk Notebook Deity

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    Is it possible to setup three partitions on the MacBook? I'm envisioning one OSX partition, one XP partition (ntfs) and one FAT32 partition for data that can be read/write from both OSX and XP.

    Thanks.
     
    RogueMonk, Jun 29, 2006
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    I saw a chart somewhere where it showed different filesystem formats and which OS would work fine with what, I believe that it showed that OS X had no problem accessing Fat32, and XP (obvisually), however since XP as you want is formatted as a NTFS not exactly sure.

    I'll keep an eye out for that chart.
     
    xbandaidx, Jun 29, 2006
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    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    I think you would have to create a partition before installing boot camp. From my experience Boot Camp only splits the OS X partition into two. So, if you already had a second partition ready to go, then use Boot Camp for XP. After installing XP you could go to "manage" in the my computer context menu and format the empty partition to FAT32. I have no idea if that would work, but it may!
     
    cashmonee, Jun 30, 2006
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    ogando_jose Notebook Consultant

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    Thats what I am trying to do lol I think Ill get partition magic or paragon partition manager to try from windows. I`ll tell you if any sucsess
     
    ogando_jose, Jun 30, 2006
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    fongyuen Notebook Enthusiast

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    i bookmarked this guy's review cause i wanted to do something similar in the future when i get a mbp. he split his hdd into 3 partitions, the 3rd one being HFS+. read down by Boot Camp vs Parallels, he gives more detailed info and additional links.

    review link
     
    fongyuen, Jun 30, 2006
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    skycry1011 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Here is the link I find to make three partition for Macbook and Macbook Pro:

    http://twoyearstwodays.blogspot.com/

    got to the title under Bootcamp, sharing data between OSX and XP with 3 partitions - Advanced
     
    skycry1011, Jun 30, 2006
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    dirtybryan Notebook Geek

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    I just made my XP partition FAT32 so I can still access it from OSX.
     
    dirtybryan, Jun 30, 2006
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    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    I would say that is the best way to go. Even with a 120GB drive carving that into thirds is gonna leave some pretty tight partitions. I just don't think there is enough room left over to justify it. Unless you were planning on keeping smaller files on the FAT32 and leaving that small.
     
    cashmonee, Jul 1, 2006
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