Shared filesystem with os x and windows 7 on macbook pro

hy everybody
how can i make all my files accessible from these both systems?
(is it actually possible?)
i thougt about making a third partition where i could put down all the files...
should work, isn't it?
cheers

The answer was simple and direct, HFS+ is the filesystem used by Mac OS, and NTFS is the filesystem used by Windows.
Personally I wish they would either not do it at all but part of Boot Camp 3.x or offer more features, or an "optional install" capability.
So if you have one, you can have Windows on its own drive, and have data drives as well.
But you have to add drivers to either or both operating systems to be able to write, and the best bets are commercial, Niel didn't mention Paragon which has brought out both HFS and NTFS driver support as well as backup, cloning, and other tools for Windows and Mac.
Apple has an HFS driver for Windows to read files on your Mac partition, but it can't be easily disabled or turned off, it can cause BSOD (so I rename to disable it) and some HFS filenames can trigger freeze in Windows.
You posted in Mac Pro and not MacBook Pro forum. Boot Camp would be more appropriate.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp

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