How big does the Bootcamp partition need to be?
rufio:
Quote from: professorbutters on 2010 February 05, 06:13:28
It does--but it doesn't answer all my questions. When you install Bootcamp, it gives you the option of partitioning it as NTFS or FAT (yes, even with XP.) With FAT, the partition is visible on the Mac side and I think you can drag and drop some things, at least in one direction, but you have a limit of 32 GB. With NTFS, you can't.
Huh. I found this with google, though, which looks like it solves the problem.
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On the other hand, the same guy told me I needed 12-15 GB of hard drive space to install Windows XP, which seems a little big to me.
That does not sound big to me - Windows is the bloatware to end all bloatware.
Simsbaby:
The Sims 2 with all expansion packs and stuff packs is 11.3 GB for me. That's just the games though, no user data. I also removed most of the unessential files (languages, startup movies, splash music, etc.) I'm sure you could make it slightly smaller by compressing the package files too. I would allocate at least 35+ GB personally. It would be better to have it larger than you need at the moment instead of finding it too small later.
From my experience with BootCamp, you can read the Windows partitions from within Mac OS X, but you can't write to NTFS. You can't read or write to the Mac OS X partition in Windows by default, but I know there are plugins for both.
professorbutters:
Thank you. So it sounds as though the NTFS partition is the way to go; I think you have a good point about starting a bit on the large side. Is there any way to transfer files back and forth? Would I be able, for example, to save files I needed on a flash drive, reboot, and then pull them off the flash drive?
rufio:
Quote from: professorbutters on 2010 February 06, 21:12:03
Is there any way to transfer files back and forth? Would I be able, for example, to save files I needed on a flash drive, reboot, and then pull them off the flash drive?
That should probably work fine, or you can try and mess around with the MacFUse thing.
Sigmund:
I currently have about 40 GB partitioned for Windows on my macbook. It's mostly for TS2+expansions and not much else. I do remember Windows itself taking up a good chunk of space, but I don't remember how much off the top of my head. By default the partition is read-only, but I've been using NTFS-3G for the last few months without any problems.
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