I have been trying to painfully gather information on a configuration I would like to achieve. I decided to create a post as I feel it would help a lot of people as well as myself to have it all in one place. In my mind, this is the optimal configuration for a mac/windows box.
Here is what I want to accomplish:
1) Run OSX natively
2) Run Windows 7 64 natively with bootcamp
3) Access same windows 7 bootcamp installation through parallels (without a separate windows key)
4) have a data partition so that all my personal docs, music, videos, pictures are accessible from either OS whether booted into or Paralleled
I am pretty sure I can piece together 1-3, but #4 has me stumped. Maybe I don't need a whole partition for my files, just a place where I can read/write from any OS. A partition just seems clean to me.
What do you think? If you have an opinion on the best doc to follow for any of the steps, please post.
Here is what I want to accomplish:
1) Run OSX natively
2) Run Windows 7 64 natively with bootcamp
3) Access same windows 7 bootcamp installation through parallels (without a separate windows key)
4) have a data partition so that all my personal docs, music, videos, pictures are accessible from either OS whether booted into or Paralleled
I am pretty sure I can piece together 1-3, but #4 has me stumped. Maybe I don't need a whole partition for my files, just a place where I can read/write from any OS. A partition just seems clean to me.
What do you think? If you have an opinion on the best doc to follow for any of the steps, please post.