Write access problem with external Storage Device Connected to macbook

Hi All,
I have write access problem ( gives only read-access, but no write access) with an external HDD device (NTFS formatted ) connected to my macbook.
Could anyone suggest me a file system ( apart from FAT32) which is compatiable with both Mac OS as well windows ;also this file system should allow me to create partitions of size more than 100 GB
(My external storade devcie capacity is 500 GB )
Thanks
Nelson

Hi Nelson,
simply said there is no such file system.
Regardless what you choose, only FAT32 is fully read-/writeable from both Mac OSX and Windows.
Third-Party helper for access to certain file systems are:
MacDrive (for Windows using HFS+, the OSX file system)
MacFuse with 3G (for fully usage of NTFS in OSX)
Paragon NTFS for OSX (also for fully usage of NTFS in OSX)
Only MacFuse is freeware, the other two are Commercial apps.
And just in case you are thinking of any Linux file system, like Ext3 or ReiserFS, you will at least need driver for Windows if not also for OSX (not sure about that).
Regards
Stefan

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