Boot Camp selected drivers

I'm thinking of installing Windows on my MacBook Pro and I have a few questions.
If I don't install any drivers, will Windows be able to access any files on the main partition, the one that has OS X?
If so, do I have an option to skip the driver for Macintosh file system when installing all the other drivers?
I'm asking this because I don't want Windows to be able to access any of my files on OS X.
I'm using MacBook Pro 13", Late 2011, Mountain Lion.
Also, is there any workaround to install Win XP instead of Win 7?

jouzephx wrote:
If I don't install any drivers, will Windows be able to access any files on the main partition, the one that has OS X?
If you don't install Boot Camp drivers, Windows won't be able to access to your OS X volume.
jouzephx wrote:
If so, do I have an option to skip the driver for Macintosh file system when installing all the other drivers?
In that case, you will have to install each driver manually instead of running the Boot Camp drivers installer.
jouzephx wrote:
Also, is there any workaround to install Win XP instead of Win 7?
As you are using Mountain Lion, you can't install Windows XP because Mountain Lion only supports Windows 7 and, soon, 8

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