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    Bootcamp: Where should I store data?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sedrin, Mar 18, 2009.

  1. sedrin

    sedrin Newbie

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    In hopefully no more than a few days, I will get a shiny MBP - my first Mac ever.

    I will need to run Matlab for data analysis on both OSX and Windows. I should be able to do quite a bit of work on OSX, but there are some tasks that require Windows.

    The data I work with is going to fill ~100GB, maybe more, and I want it to be read/write accessible from both Windows and OSX. I want to have the data on the hard drive only once (obviously), and an external HD is not an option, unfortunately.

    Thus: Should I store the data on the Windows partition or on the OSX partition? Do I lose performance if I access data from the "other" OS?
     
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    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    id put it in a fat32 or NTFS partition alone or with windows and you should be good to go
     
    crazycanuk, Mar 18, 2009
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    fins4o8 Notebook Consultant

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    if you decide to use NTFS, you can use NTFS-3G & MacFuse to write on it from OSX. FAT32 would be the easier route though.
     
    fins4o8, Mar 18, 2009
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    sedrin Newbie

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    Given that individual files can be way over 4GB, I will have to go the NTFS route.

    I have read that with Boot Camp you can choose a partition size for your Windows partition, but how would I make a third partition?
     
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    fins4o8 Notebook Consultant

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    easist & fastest route is to use this software http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iPartition.php. iPartition will do the job you need but its a little pricey.

    the cheapest but more work route would be to clone your OSX partition with various Disk Cloners out there and wipe your drive and re-create two partitions: one for OSX & the other for your stored data. Then use the disk cloner to move back your cloned OSX image. Use BC to install windows and format the stored data partition to NTFS and install macfuse or ntfs-3g to write to NTFS.

    that's how I would do it. Correct me if I made an error or if there is a better way.
     
    fins4o8, Mar 20, 2009
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