Cannot mount FAT32 partition

After updating my arch install a few days ago I cannot mount my FAT32 partitions. The partitions worked fine before, but now when I go to mount them nothing happens at all, not even an error. They use to automount. When I go to my computer I can see all partitions but when I click on them nothing happens. I don't see the partitions in the fstab either. The partitions work fine in windows so it is not the data, any suggestions?
Thanks in advanced.

Have you tried to put the following in /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<!DOCTYPE pkconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd">

<config version="0.1">
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.power-management.*">
<return result="yes"/>
</match>
</config>

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[SOLVED]Cannot mount partitions with PCMANFM --no longer an issue

Hi,
I have searched and searched and pulling my hair out on this issue. I am using PCMANFM .9.10 on an LXDE install using the Arch x86 iso. My HD contains several linux partitions and a FAT32 partition.
I am not able to mount these partitions in PCMANFM. I am able to mount my usb flash drive
When trying to mount a partition in PCMANFM I get a "not authorized to perform operation" error message.
Today, June 11 I partially rewrote this due to the lack of response I am getting on this problem.
1. did a reinstall of Arch & LXDE today. I've done two or three installs. dbus is in daemons in /etc/rc.conf
2. initially the partition icons did not show up
3. then, I installed gvfs and added 55-my-conf.pkla in /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/
4. With that the partition icons show up in PCMANFM
5. But I still get the "not authorized to perform operation" message
The 55-my-conf.pkla has this content:
[Storage Permissions]
Identity=unix-group:storage
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-eject;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-detach;org.freedesktop.udisks.luks-unlock;org.freedesktop.udisks.inhibit-polling;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-set-spindown;org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
ResultAny=yes
ResultActive=yes
ResultInactive=no
contents of .xinitrc
#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
#exec startxfce4
exec startlxde
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice
At /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks.policy
I changed <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal">
mount a system-internal disk at <allow_active> from "auth_admin_keep" to "yes".
Still didn't work!
Either this is a bug or I have a permission problem somewhere.
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Thanks
Edit: latest. It seems that I must mount the desired partition from the terminal. example: $sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
then can edit it from PCMANFM by going to / and then /mnt. Apparently I do not have to manually unmount.
Last edited by linuxloverjerry1 (2012-06-13 04:25:37)

Hi,
I have searched and searched and pulling my hair out on this issue. I am using PCMANFM .9.10 on an LXDE install using the Arch x86 iso. My HD contains several linux partitions and a FAT32 partition.
I am not able to mount these partitions in PCMANFM. I am able to mount my usb flash drive
When trying to mount a partition in PCMANFM I get a "not authorized to perform operation" error message.
Today, June 11 I partially rewrote this due to the lack of response I am getting on this problem.
1. did a reinstall of Arch & LXDE today. I've done two or three installs. dbus is in daemons in /etc/rc.conf
2. initially the partition icons did not show up
3. then, I installed gvfs and added 55-my-conf.pkla in /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/
4. With that the partition icons show up in PCMANFM
5. But I still get the "not authorized to perform operation" message
The 55-my-conf.pkla has this content:
[Storage Permissions]
Identity=unix-group:storage
Action=org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-eject;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-detach;org.freedesktop.udisks.luks-unlock;org.freedesktop.udisks.inhibit-polling;org.freedesktop.udisks.drive-set-spindown;org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal
ResultAny=yes
ResultActive=yes
ResultInactive=no
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#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
# exec gnome-session
# exec startkde
#exec startxfce4
exec startlxde
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At /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks.policy
I changed <action id="org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount-system-internal">
mount a system-internal disk at <allow_active> from "auth_admin_keep" to "yes".
Still didn't work!
Either this is a bug or I have a permission problem somewhere.
Can you please advise how to do this or point me to a recent tutorial to be able to auto mount other partitions not using /etc/fstab? Some of the older posts refer to hal or other package that have been deprecated.
Thanks
Edit: latest. It seems that I must mount the desired partition from the terminal. example: $sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
then can edit it from PCMANFM by going to / and then /mnt. Apparently I do not have to manually unmount.
Last edited by linuxloverjerry1 (2012-06-13 04:25:37)

[SOLVED] Error mounting a Fat32 partition

Hi, I'm new to this distro, but it looks quite neat. Unfortunately, I have an issue that I haven't been able to solve through the wiki or the man pages.
I have my main hard drive partitioned in three:
- Windows (ntfs)
- Linux (ext3)
- Data (all my files, docs, images...) (fat32)
I have problems mounting the Data partition into Archlinux.
A) Trying manually
First I tried mounting it manually to make sure I had done it right. The command
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda5 /media/docs
allowed me to see and read the files and write them. When I switched back to Windows, however, the OS told me there was an error in the Data partition, specifically with all the files I have changed or created using Archlinux. I ran Chkdsk and it fixed the files by deleting changes. Now, whenever I try to mount manually the partition, it mount it as a read-only file system, even when the -w or the -rw option is added.
B) Writting in /etc/fstab
Meanwhile, I tried several options in fstab to see if I could write on the disk. The lines I tried are:
/dev/sda5 /media/docs vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/docs vfat defaults,iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/docs vfat defaults,user,dmask=000,fmask=111 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/docs vfat defaults,user,rw,umask=000, 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/docs vfat user,rw,umask=000, 0 0
/dev/sda5 /media/docs vfat defaults,iocharset=utf8,user,rw,umask=000, 0 0
All these options (I obviously didn't use them at the same time) mounted the partition and I could read the files, but I was never able to write to it, either as a normal user or root. I read the wiki, the man page of fstab and mount and there isn't anything much of help there.
Hope someone can help me. Thanks a lot.
R
P.D. I've been doing all these switching back and forwrad between windows and linux. I have always hibernated windows. I don't think this is the problem, but I will shut Windows down completely to see if it was the Chkdsk utility.
Last edited by robertoprs (2009-02-09 07:07:34)

Sorry, I forgot to post the answer...
So I just needed to restart Windows after using Chkdsk. Now I can read and write even when Windows is only hibernated. I'm just curious. I understand that this problem was a very stupid question, but it wasn't obvious to me that Chkdsk needed a reboot to "let go" the partition. Why is that?
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3.6 1.0 30.5 4.5 0.0 0.0 2.9 4.9 0 2 c0d0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 0 0 c0d1
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 fd0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 c1t0d0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 c1t1d0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 unknown:vold(pid507)
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/devices on /devices read/write/setuid/devices/dev=4380000 on Sun Feb 19 20:27:24 2006
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/dev/fd on fd read/write/setuid/devices/dev=4680001 on Sun Feb 19 20:27:38 2006
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/var/run on swap read/write/setuid/devices/xattr/dev=4480003 on Sun Feb 19 20:27:39 2006
/export/home on /dev/dsk/c0d0s7 read/write/setuid/devices/intr/largefiles/logging/xattr/oner ror=panic/dev=1980007 on Sun Feb 19 20:27:44 2006
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thanks martin
i think i was trying to mount a SCSI drive instead of IDE that I have... thanks for clearing that up. i was also frustrated with teh :c part, I think I forgot about the 1st partition part.
im under the impression that c0d0p1:c is my first physical drive, which is NTFS because of:
bash-3.00# mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c0d0p1 /mnt/data
mount: /dev/dsk/c0d1p1:c is not a DOS filesystem.
but then why would c0d1p1 also yield:
bash-3.00# mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c0d1p1 /mnt/data
mount: /dev/dsk/c0d0p1, c0d0p2 is not a DOS filesystem.
then again c0d0p0, c0d0p2, and c0d1p0 yields the same...
is there a way to list the devices present, or do i have to throw knives at the wind? does anyone understand the naming schema of cN and dN? man pcfs and man mount don't help a whole lot.
i dont see anything helpful in the vfstab
#device device mount FS fsck mount mount
#to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options
fd - /dev/fd fd - no -
/proc - /proc proc - no -
/dev/dsk/c0d0s1 - - swap - no -
/dev/dsk/c0d0s0 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s0 / ufs 1 no -
/dev/dsk/c0d0s7 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s7 /export/home ufs 2 yes -
/devices - /devices devfs - no -
ctfs - /system/contract ctfs - no -
objfs - /system/object objfs - no -
swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes -
i also found thsi script that output the devices... but it doesnt see any fat32 partitions =(
bash-3.00# for f in /dev/rdsk/* ; do echo "$f = $(fstyp $f 2>/dev/null )"; done
/dev/rdsk/c0d0p0 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0p1 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0p2 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0p3 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0p4 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s0 = ufs
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s1 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s10 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s11 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s12 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s13 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s14 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s15 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s2 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s3 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s4 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s5 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s6 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s7 = ufs
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s8 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d0s9 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d1p0 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d1p1 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d1p2 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d1p3 =
/dev/rdsk/c0d1p4 =
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/dev/rdsk/c0d1s1 =
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/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s0 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s1 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s10 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s11 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s12 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s13 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s14 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s15 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s3 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s4 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s5 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s6 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s7 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s8 =
/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s9 =
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p0 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p0>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p1 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p1>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p2 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p2>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p3 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p3>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p4 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p4>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s0 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s0>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s1 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s1>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s10 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s10>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s11 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s11>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s12 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s12>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s13 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s13>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s14 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s14>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s15 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s15>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s2 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s2>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s3 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s3>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s4 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s4>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s5 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s5>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s6 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s6>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s7 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s7>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s8 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s8>
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s9 = fstyp: cannot stat or open </dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s9>
thanks again for your help

Cannot exclude Windows partition

I have a FAT32 partition for Windows, and I cannot exclude it from searching by spotlight. The directions clearly say I can drag over a drive or select it in the list, but I cannot add my "XP" drive. I can add the Macintosh HD drive fine.
Why is this? Is it a bug?

I read that quote –
"Spotlight works with most locally mounted volumes that can be read and written to, including FireWire and USB/ flash drives. Some volumes, such as Windows-formatted drives, are not indexed automatically. You can change this easily by opening the Info window for the volume in the Finder."
– but I can see no way (easily or not) to change this in the info window. The only thing changeable there are the volume name and comments. Does anyone know how to get windows formated drives to be indexed from the info window or by any other method?
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Can't Mount Windows Partition in OSX After Upgrading to 10.5 and BC 2.0

I just installed Leopard today, using the upgrade option (as opposed to a clean install). I was happy to see that I could boot into Windows still, and installed all of the Boot Camp 2.0 drivers while booted into Vista. However, I can no longer mount my Windows partition in OSX. While using Tiger, I did use MacFuse and ntfs-3g to get read-write support, but in Leopard, I can't even read. When I try to mount the Windows volume in Disk Utility, I get an error stating that it cannot be mounted. I also do not have the option to perform "First Aid" or "Repair" on the volume.
I realize that the latest version of ntfs-3g isn't proven to work with Leopard, but I would at least like read access in OSX. Is it possible that some settings were left over from my Tiger configuration that would not allow Leopard to mount the partition? Any ideas?
Thank you.

Ok. I'm in the club with the same problem...
Strange things:
* For the first days after Leopard's install, my BootCamp disk0s3 partition (I'll name it "BillGates") was mounted correctly. Then, after a few days (but BEFORE upgrading to 10.5.1), it disappeared.
* If I launch DiskUtility "BillGates" is shown, but (in the right device navigation bar) it's named "-n BillGates". If I click the Erase menu, it's named "-nBillGates" (without the space between "-n" and "BillGates"). If I launch SystemProfiler it's named "-n BillGates", but the mount point is "/Volumes/billgates". Can't understand where this "-n" thing is coming from!
* If I try to mount "-n BillGates" from DiskUtility it doesn't work and the log says "Mount of -n BillGates failed".
* In the FSTAB there were no instructions: it was empty.
Now, I tried the MacFUSE-solution: no results (meaning BillGates was not mounted on startup).
I tried the modify-the-FSTAB-solution: no results (with "BillGates", "-n BillGates" nor "-nBillGates".
I tried the chkdsk-solution: all tests were ok, but nothing happened.
The only trick that worked was mounting the partition with Terminal's commands (thanks rtracy!!). It made appear "BillGates" on the desktop (without the "-n thing", that is still present in DiskUtility).
Problem is at the first reboot, the Boot Camp partition disappears again. Any ideas for a permanent fix?!
Giangiacomo.
ADDENDUM: I've tried to move a file from desktop to an unlocked folder in BillGates and System did not copy them. "The item could not be moved because "BillGates" cannot be modified" !!!!!!!!
Message was edited by: Giangiacomo Castelfranchi1

Disk Utility says everything's fine, but Install disk doesn't find my internal drive as a possible destination. When I startup with Command S, I get a looping "cannot mount errno = 19" message.

Disk Utility says everything's fine, but Install disk doesn't find my internal drive as a possible destination. When I startup with Command + S, I get a looping "cannot mount errno = 19" message.
Problem started when I used Tech Tool Pro 6 to "de-fragment volume". Had to cancel that process before it finished because I ran out of time. Thereafter, when I startup my machine normally, I get the gray Apple logo at first, but it changes to a prohibited symbol (circle with a slash thru it) and hangs.
When I startup holding the Option key, I can see my internal drive, but I get the same results as above.
When I startup using the MacBook OSX Install DVD, it does not find my internal drive as possible destination.
When I startup using the MacBook OSX Install DVD and then run Disk Utility, it finds my drive, allows me to "repair" and says everything is fine.
When I startup with Command + S, I get a looping error message "errno = 19" and cannot stop it to do anything else.
When I startup from Disk Warrior v4.4, it does not find my internal drive to do any repairs.
When I startup from Tech Tool Pro 6 and run the "computer check" diagnostics, everything passes but the Volume Structure, which fails at "Volume Extents (B-tree)." When I use TTP's "Tools" option to run "volume repair" it will show my internal drive and allow me to click the GO button, but nothing happens and nothing changes.
I have a Time Machine backup on an external USB drive, but for as long as the internal drive doesn't mount, I can't use the backup to restore.

It's a false report and should be ignored.
I would not rely on TT as I've already said earlier even before Grant posted similar advice.
I really think the Rigid Disk Block may be corrupted. This holds the partition map and could prevent a volume from being unmounted. Unfortunately, there is no way to fix that without repartitioning the drive which will remove everything. So, before going down this road I hope you have backups or can make a backup.
Drive Partition and Format
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X.
5. Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.

More then 2 partitions on an external drive with a Fat32 partition...

Hey guys. I'm having some troubles with partitioning an external USB drive in disk utility.
I want to have 4 partitions total, 3x MAC OS Extended (journaled) and 1x FAT 32.
I am able to create the partitions (using GPT) fine in disk utility and as far as the OSX is concerned, all the partitions are viewable and work fine however windows machines do not see the fat32 partition. Windows only sees one large GUID partition that it cannot read.
If I reformat the drive (using GPT) with 1 MAC OS Ext (journaled) partition and 1 FAT32 partition, both windows and the Mac find all the partitions and things work as they should.
I want 4 partitions so I can have a data drive for OSX, a bootable copy of the snow leopard install disc, a bootable copy of a fresh snow leopard installation and a windows data drive for exchanging files.
Is there anyway I can do this or do I need to stick to 2 partitions if I want the fat32 partition to be readable by windows?

savante wrote:
Hey guys. I'm having some troubles with partitioning an external USB drive in disk utility.
I want to have 4 partitions total, 3x MAC OS Extended (journaled) and 1x FAT 32 .... Windows only sees one large GUID partition that it cannot read. If I reformat the drive (using GPT) with 1 MAC OS Ext (journaled) partition and 1 FAT32 partition, both windows and the Mac find all the partitions and things >work as they should.
I would try NTFS. I know that that would prevent you from doing anything with the partition from your Mac, but that's sort of a small price to pay. To compensate partially, you could run MacDrive (mediafour.com) on the Windows machine(s). MacDrive allows Windows machines to read and write Mac formatted drives.
Is there anyway I can do this or do I need to stick to 2 partitions if I want the fat32 partition to be readable by windows?
Could there be a problem with the way Sno is formatting FAT. I never use FAT so I am not quite sure what is going on here. But, many have reported that the Sno Disk Utility no long refers to FAT32, just to FAT, and having FAT formatted, they have FAT problems--i.e., things don't work like they should under FAT32. Maybe you should try formatting with an Install DVD that clears specifies FAT32.

Partition Map Schemes: HFS+ and FAT32 partitions with OSX and Windows

OK so I know this question has been practically beaten to death, but I keep finding conflicting information. I am using a 2011 MacBook Pro, on which I will set up Windows through Boot Camp. I recently purchased a 750 GB WD external hard drive to use with time machine for a backup on my Mac. However, I also need to be able to use part of this for Windows files. SO.. I intend to use the HFS+ partition for the the Mac (500GB) and create a FAT 32 partition (250GB) to use for backing up windows files (using it for solely computer modeling and need to be able to transfer/share files with Mac users who use Parallels as well as copying to PC desktops). My question is what to use as the partition map scheme. I have heard that when using these two partition types, a Master Boot Record is needed (so Windows can recognize the FAT32 partition) and also that a GUID partition map is required for use with time machine, meaning windows would no longer be able to read the FAT32 partition. Is there a way to reconcile this? Either using Time Machine with HFS+ partition that is set to MBR or uisng FAT32 on Windows with a GUID partition map? Also if I were to use Parallels (with a GUID setup) instead of Boot Camp, could that be the way to save the windows files to the FAT32 Partition and avoid problems with Time Machine not working with MBR? Thanks for any expertise, as I have heard that both setups that I have mentioned both will work and both will not work. Any experience with a similar situation?

Wow. Thanks for the extremely quick responses. Just for a few points of clarification.. I'm a complete newb at backing up strategies.
Steve, you would recommend to not backup files from my Mac OSX and files from Windows (also on my Mac) on the same drive, correct?
I appreciate the strategy of using it only as a backup, that makes quite a bit of sense. However, if I want to only backup my OSX files, and also store (solely as backup copies) say, a number of computer models (Rhino, Revit, etc.) that were created in Windows programs (not needing to store the entire Windows disk), would it not make sense to store these on the same drive in a different partition, creating the need for two different partition formats? And if I were to do this, maybe I should use NTFS instead of FAT32 (and reformat to GUID since that seems to be a standard for Apple and Windows 7 recognizes it..?) to keep them completely separate since the computer model files cannot be opened unless running the Windows programs.
How do you use your drive with HFS+ and NTFS if not for backups? I will not need to access the HFS+ backup files in Windows, nor need to access files from an NTFS partition in OSX, so that seems to simplify things in that, at least at the moment, I will not need any Paragon software.
Currently my drive is partitioned as HFS+ and FAT32 as MBR, with the HFS+ partition set up with Time Machine. It appears to be successful, I see my files in Mac HD -> "users" and all my docs, desktop items, etc. are listed. Seems that there is in fact no limit on TM's use of MBR maps, or else it is way above 160GB.
Third, are you using CarbonCopyClone in place of Time Machine or in addition to it? If in addition would it create the bit-wise clone on the same HFS+ partition as TM is backing up to? Or a separate drive? I'd like to only have one external that I am backing up to for simplicity's sake. I've never used TM before, so this is all new to me. Also, I suppose I have been missing the distinction between storing copies of files, and making a complete backup of a disk image... just now realizing the difference. Thanks so much.

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