Viewing Mac Partition from Windows on Dual Boot Mac

I have an Intel Duo Core MacBook Pro that I use as my main laptop. I actually prefer Windows but I often get customer files that are mac based so I have to have access to a mac. The perfect solution came along with the Intel based macs. I configured my mac using Bootcamp to dual boot Windows XP or Mac OS X. This allows me to have all of my tools loaded on one laptop.

The problem I ran into was not allowing enough room on the Windows Partition when I created it. I thought I would not be adding much to it so I didn’t want to waste precious space. I made it 10 GB and went on with the install. In the back of my mind I knew that was a bad idea and would be a problem someday, but I did it anyway. Well sure enough the day came when I needed more room. I didn’t really want to delete the Windows partition and start over so I needed a better solution. The one I came up with was a piece of software named Macdrive7 from Mediafour.

MacDrive 7 installs as a Windows program and allows you to see the Mac volume while logged on Windows. This treats the Mac volume with it’s 100 GB of free space as a second hard drive. This allows me to install my Windows games on Windows but actually use the Mac Partition to store the 5GB worth of game files on. Perfect remedy.