Transferring Files from Mac HD to Bootcamp

How do I transfer large files, up to 30gb from my Mac HD to my windows portion on bootcamp?

It is slow read/write to/from the same hard drive but doable.
So you tried and failed or didn't even try?
Apple added ability to Boot Camp to read HFS from Windows.
Mac OS can write to a FAT formatted Windows.
I would have opted for NTFS, for Windows 7, and to use an external drive for sharing files.
There are better commercial products to read/write NTFS and HFS for both.

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