Setting up bootable mac partition and windows partition

I have a 250GB portable harddisk (USB 2.0 and Firewire connections available). I've allocated 150GB for a bootable OSX partition using firewire which works very well.
How can I use the remaining 100GB for backing up my Windows PC data?

If I partition the portable harddisk as FAT32, then I cannot install OSX into that harddisk.
MacDrive is one possibility. The other solution is to get another portable harddisk for backing up my PC data. I was hoping to use one portable harddisk instead of two.

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Can I install both mac os and Windows 7 on MacBook Pro?
I saw Windows XP picture on this website. And I would like to try mac os while using Windows 7.
And does Windows 7 on MacBook Pro support high quality game experience? Im sick and tired of reducing to low quality graphics to play some nice games such as GTA 4 and new released games. Hope I can play games with high quality.

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So I'm skiing with some friends but we forgot to bring a router with us. The lodge internet is passable but we only have one ethernet connection. My friend connected his (windows) laptop to the ethernet and set up an Ad-Hoc network. The problem is that only Mac OS and iOS devices are able to connect to the network and use the internet. The windows machines and Droid devices can't connect or in some cases they can connect they can't use the internet.
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Hi Munkiez, and a warm welcome to the forums!
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http://www.macworld.com/article/46658/2005/09/octmobilemac.html

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I have been using Macs for years. Yes I switched back in the XP days, but it has been so long....I forgot, infact I made my mother switch so I could offer her better tech support. Now she does not need tech support.
Anyway, the point.
I have a 2008 Octo 2.8 MP with a current ATI 256mb video, 4GB memory, and a bunch of drives in the machine. My wife bought me Flight Simulator X as I was talking about it, and I decided to load it on my Pro.
I used Boot Camp to partition a drive that was 32 GB (thats all I needed) and took a chance at using XP again.
Everything went fine until I got to the partition screen on XP, I choose the partition Bootcamp made, and Windows came back with a goofy message about how I needed to do something to the partition, hit enter and do so...ok I did.
Nothing, same partition layout.
So I made note of partition sizes, deleted mine, and tried to create a new partition out of the blank space, same message. After trying several times, I decided to try it with Vista Home Premium.
Same crap, told me how it would not work, etc etc.
So i decided to use an entire drive, backed it up, ran bootcamp, did the installer, and decided to try Vista. The install went fine.
My Retaill copy of Leopard did not want to load the drivers I needed, So I used my wifes iMac disc to install drivers for all things Apple on Vista. Fine, but why did it take me 3 hours to get my Bluettoth Mighty Mouse to work, and I still cant get the BT keyboard to work?
Why does Windows only see 2 of the 4 gb of memory I have?
Why does Vista seem slow? (even though it boots fast?. I mean it almost seems to ...well lag, seems like alot of OSX, and Linux with Beryl ripping off that does not really seem to work very well with Vista.
The drivers for this spankly fresh new ATI card had to be downloaded by Vista in order to even see the card, why is this stuff not on Leopard (Apple did not give me the restore discs for the Pro when they exchanged the machine for my faulty Pro)
Most importantly, why would XP argue with a partition Bootcamp made? Worked fine with my Mothers imac, she reported no issues, why am I the one to get them, how can I make a simple 32gb partition via bootcamp work with XP?

Lot of questions in there, almost need a list.
I never use BootCamp, just Disk Utility. Assistant is meant for single drive setup (iMac, MacBook) more than multi-drive system as this. And totally unnecessary or helpful with Vista.
Vista 32-bit only sees 1.9GB but SP1 or x64 will see more.
XP CD doesn't know or understand GUID and EFI partition tables.
Some Leopard DVDs (mostly upgrade based on BootCamp forum) didn't have the /BOOTCAMP directory on them.
The new Mac Pro is UEFI 2.1 firmware and has 64-bit drivers.
And always need to get the latest stand-alone drivers from ATI and Nvidia for Windows on Mac Pro.

External Hard drives Mac OS and Windows

I have a question on external hard drives. I am looking for an external drive that will work with both my Mac and Windows xp pro. I remember that Mac used to be able to read windows format but not vise versa. I know that thumb drives switch back and forth with no problem but it seems that hard drives do not. I went to the store and was told and the boxes state that the windows drives must be reformatted to work with Mac and the WD Mac drive said that it must be reformatted to work in Windows, (as I expected). Is this something new between the OS's or something to do with the drive sizes? Any help would be appreciated as I would like to be able to move large files, usually movies, between the two formats by simply moving the external drive from one to the other.
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If you reformat that flash drive to use +Mac OS X Extended (Journaled)+, it will probably work. But then, you would not be able to use it on the Windows PC (until you reformatted it again).
then probably the best option although more expensive will be to buy an ethernet drive and connect to my router.
Or maybe you can do a direct transfer from PC to Mac or Mac to PC over wired Ethernet, and put the extra storage drive on the Mac or PC, formatted to be optimal for the respective connected OS. If your PC has gigabit Ethernet (and your router is has gigabit ports), it should be fairly fast. Make sure the cables are rated Cat-5e or better.
Wow another Power Mac 8100 user who added a G3 card to it.
Still a machine that is set up and runs fine, for using my old Mac OS 9 programs. I bought mine used after it was already a few years old, but it was used as my primary Mac longer than any other machine before or since. It stayed relevant for a long long time.

Backup MAC OS and Windows

I am currently running Windows XP with Paralles on my MAC Book Pro and would like to know if I use Time Capsule to back up my computer, will it automatically back up the Windows files and data files or will I have to set it up in Windows too. If so, then how does the backup work for MAC and Windows?

Hello JLF. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
By default, Time Machine will back up your entire hard drive, including the Parallels VM file once an hour. Since every time you access Parallels this file will change, you will potentially be backing up this large file (several GBs) each time Time Machine runs.
What is recommended is that you exclude this file from the Time Machine backups, and instead if you require backups of Windows XP files within the Parallels VM environment to use a Windows-based programs that allows backups to network drives with the Time Capsule's hard drive being the target.

Sharing files between mac os and windows on same computer???

I am going to get a new Intel based mac. Is there a way to share files between the mac and the windows os?
Example: I would like to share my iTunes music library from mac os so it is also available in Windows iTunes.
Is there a way to do this without having to mirror the entire library within Windows?
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It also depends on how you want Windows to be working on your PC - do you want to have a dual boot system (i.e. you choose whether you want to use OS X or Windows when you turn the computer on) or do you want to use a 'virtualization' program like Parallels (i.e. Windows loads up as a window on your OS X desktop).
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How to Set Up Network Between IMAC and Windows XP

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I have a new Imac 27 inch in my study and a PC running Windows XP downstairs - I don't know how to set up the PC and when I phone apple support they could only tell me how to file share from the IMAC end - would be grateful for some help

First of all, it is easier if your Windows user has a password, it may not be the case, if not, you should set one.
Then check your firewall settings. if it is activated, go to your network connection's properties, choose the Exceptions tab, and check "File sharing" so that it will no longer be blocked.
From now on, you should be able to connect to your computer from the finder.
Choose Go > Connect to server
Then in the address, type smb://ip.address.of.windows/ and OK
after a short time, it will prompt you for your username and password, and you should be able to access your Windows resources.
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Icloud sync only works between mac pro and windows outlook, not with iphone and ipad anymore

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Can anyone help me with my problem?
I do have icloud installed on my MacBookPro, on my Windows Outlook computer, on my iPad 2 and on the iPhone 4S.
Now until yesterday everything synchronized perfectly well.
Then I created some groups on my MacBookPro address book and since then (I believe that was when it started) icloud no longer synchs from and to the ipad and the iphone. It still works between the Mac and Windows Outlook.
On the iPad/iPhone I have tried everything but it still won't do. I have even reset the whole iPad and obviously lost all data and tried again. I all sometimes get is a few contacts back into the address book on the ipad. But only a limited number, not all.
Also, to delete the icloud account on the ipad/iphone is sometimes not possible. It just hangs and I can see the message "Deleting..." for ever.
Anyone an idea?
Thanks in advance!

One more comment. Wired connection seem to be stable neither. I have ping running to the Windows computer and after a couple of minutes, it gets broken.
However if I have both WiFi and cable connection to the home router and disconnect from cable (after ping is broken), I get the network to the Windows comptuer back. Nothing serious on the network change, I just get 192.168.1.x instead of 192.168.1.y as IP).
During this network switch I do nothing with the Windows computer.
This is not valid if I want to connect to the Windows computer via Microsoft sharing (smb://192.168.1.x), then it immediately breaks the connection. Can't get it back until Windows is restarted.
Getting lost...

Can I use my apple wireless mouse and keyboard with my Mac Mini and Windows PC?

Hello, I recently dug up a windows PC computer for side projects, and I was able to get by using my wireless apple keyboard and mouse for my Mac mini, and then using a usb mouse for my PC, I want to eliminate the usb keyboard and mouse and just use the bluetooth keyboard. Both computers are usually on all the time, and the windows PC uses a bluetooth adapter. I can get my keyboard and mouse to work on both, but I have to sync them to whatever system I would like everytime I want to use it. Is there any solution that when I choose the Mac Mini my keyboard and mouse will work for the Mac mini, and when I choose my windows pc, the keyboard will only be used on windows without having to resync?

To my knowledge, no.
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Hi,
I am leading a programmers team, what we want is the faster machines to improve performance. Currently investigating an HP machine with windows XP 64 on it. But that doesn't work for us as most of hour programming tools do not work under XP 64. We cannot install 32 bit Windows because of the 2 Quad cores in the machines (according to IT).
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Robert

Hi Robert,
for the IT guys: XP Prfessional does support up to 2 processors with multiple cores each.
XP Home does only support one processor with multiple cores.
The main problem with Mac Pro and 32-bit Windows XP or Vista (and possibly with the HP machine, too) is, that because the expansion slots are reserving quite some parts of RAM for their own Range of Adresses (even if no expansion card is in them) from the 4GB of RAM you will only get about 2GB for XP Pro 32-bit to see and use.
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I have a new MacAir (Mountain Lion OS) and that will also have Windows 7 installed (via Parallels software). I want to install Adobe Acrobat XI (Standard preferably, or Pro if required) so that I can print to a PDF from any application, whether in either Windows or Mac OS environment. How do I install Acrobat to achieve this? Do I have to install it TWICE, once in Mac environment and then again in the Windows environment? Or can I install Acrobat just in the Mac envronment and have it show up as a printer option in Windows applications? Thank you.

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