Hi,

Is your windows partition Password locked?  This might be the the cause of the 
differences we're seeing.

Ricardo Walker
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Twitter:@apple2thecore
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On Aug 13, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:

> Wait, yes you can. I was working with garageband the other day and
> needed an mp3 stored on my windows partition, so I opened up the
> folder and copied the file with no problems over to the mac's
> partition. I then copied the finished mp3 from the mac partition to
> the windows one while I was booted into windows, again with no
> trouble. No, you can't copy *to* a partition not in use, but you can
> copy from one to your active partition just fine.
> 
> On 8/13/12, Paul Hunt <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Then I will probably have to use Drop Box. I can do that.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker
>> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 10:05 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Using Boot Camp
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> no.
>> 
>> That is exactly what he was saying you can not do.  You can see the files
>> on
>> either drive but, you can not make any changes to these files.  This
>> includes copying and pasting.  So for example, if log into the Mac OS, I
>> can't copy a file from my boot camp partition.
>> 
>> hth
>> 
>> Ricardo Walker
>> [email protected]
>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>> www.appletothecore.info
>> 
>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Paul Hunt <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello Alex. So this means that if I'm logged into Windows I can copy a
>>> file from the mac side and if I'm logged into the Mac I can copy files
>>> from the Windows side? I can also use Drop Box. Have you tried using
>>> VMWare Fusion to boot from a Bootcamp partition and is there any
>>> advantage
>> to doing this?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks so much.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Hall
>>> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 2:02 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: Using Boot Camp
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 1. You can read, but not write, the mac partition in windows. It works
>>> the same in mac os: you can read the windows partition, but not write to
>> it.
>>> 
>>> 2. I use Carbonite, but my understanding is that you can't back up
>>> both as they are different partitions. You could pay $99 per year to
>>> back up your primary drive and a backup drive (your other partition)
>>> but the basic, $59/year package allows only one drive to be backed up.
>>> You can call carbonite (1-877-2225488) and check with them. As to
>>> accessibility, the site works, and the client works well enough on
>>> Windows (you may need the jaws cursor though). I don't know about the
>>> mac client as I have not yet tried it.
>>> 
>>> On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:51 PM, "Paul Hunt" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello everyone. I have been running Windows with VM Fusion for the
>>> past two years. Although it works pretty well there are problems.
>>> 1. Freedom Scientific doesn't support its applications when they are
>>> running in a Virtual Machine. If I make any changes to the VM I lose an
>> activation.
>>> Freedom Scientific gets quite irritated when they have to reset keys
>>> too often.
>>> 2. Although Windows and MS office work pretty well in the VM, Open
>>> Book does not.
>>> 3. FS Braille Display drivers do not load in the VM.
>>> 4. I got a chance to compare performance with the VM and with Boot Camp.
>>> There is no comparison, Boot Camp performs much much better.
>>> Here are my questions.
>>> 1. Will I have any problems reading from or writing to files on the
>>> MAC partition?
>>> 2. Do any of you use Carbonite to back up both your boot camp and Mac
>>> partitions? Is the web site for Carbonite accessible?
>>> I will continue to use the MAC for ITunes. I also want to keep up with
>>> accessibility improvements in the IWork suite.
>>> 
>>> Thanks so much.
>>> 
>>> Paul
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