Bootcamp and/or Parrallels and Partition Inf

feriso · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:25

Is it possible to have a boot camp partition on a MB and also use the same one for parrallels? Juts thukignt hat if I'm in mac and aI quickly need Win I can just start up paralells?

I've got a basic MB with 2.1 / 2GB / 120GB (and a CDRW :s bought it on a good deal from someone who bought it 18months ago and turned it on thrice as they thought it was a good buy from the purple guys :rolleyes:

) but anyway so I'm wondering how to partition the HD; so how about:-

60GB OSX + Progs
40GB Docs
20GB Win

Vonhelmet · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:44

Yes. If you install Parallels it will check for a Bootcamp partition and, if it finds one, use it.

Don't bother partitioning out your docs. If you're worried about using the files in both OS X and Windows, be advised that the latest version of Bootcamp installs software in Windows so that you can read HFS volumes.

InQ · 1 Dec 2009 at 12:49

Sorry i'm an OSX noob but can OSX read/write to NTFS partitions as i assume thats what Win would have to be installed to?

Vonhelmet · 1 Dec 2009 at 13:18

I think it can read them natively, but you can install 3rd party NTFS read/write drivers that work just fine.