Formatting Mac HDD to work with windows files/applications

I was thinking of partitioning the hardrive and formatting one partition whatever way I would need to in order to use it like a Windows computer, because I really have no use for my Mac, if I cant get it to run many applications that are windows exclusive. However I would need to send for the Tiger startup disk, and I dont want to pay for it unless I'm sure that this is even possible, and I want to know what I am doing
Anyway I dont really know that much about macs, so exactly what do I need, and what do I need to do, for it to work with windows/PC files and applications?
And My Harddrive has a total of 9.5 GB, and only four GB of free space (I dont even have anything on the computer, so I don't know what is taking so much space) is that enough space to do whatever it is i'm talking about?

virtual PC is pretty slow, I wouldn't really recommend it at this point on an old iMac. maybe for really light duty things. Frankly, you're probably better off just selling, donating or getting rid of it and getting a cheap PC. a cheap PC is a cheap PC, and in my opinion very inferior to the mac, but it will run windows much faster.
Or just use it as a mac. A mac can do just about anything a windows box can, and is usually more reliable. Files can be read without problems in most cases. Give it a shot.

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boah what a hell....
let's look if there is a cure.....
this device is recognized under every other system than yours, right?
if so maybe your software is misconfigured or your usb connection is bad....
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goto device manager and remove all usb devices (show hidden devices)
reboot and let the system determine the hub etc
plug in usb-hdd and see if it will be detected - keep in mind: you dont have to load a driver for a usb storage device by yourself
if the usb ports are ok and your hdd is recognized by other systems maybe it's time for a recovery of your system....
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*"i want to know if there is any simple way to share files (read and save) when i'm working in windows boot?"*
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