Can't read files from mac hd

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Can't read files from mac hd

Hi,

I've successfully loaded a Boot Camp Windows 8.1 partition on my new rMBP 15" (Haswell). The installation went smoothly. Boot camp drivers were installed automatically after Windows did its thing. The Windows build seems stable, but things get ugly if I try to open a file directly from the Mac HD.

From Windows Explorer I can see photos in my photos folder on my Mac HD, but with a generic icon (no preview). If I try to open them, the Windows photo viewer complains that the file could not be read. If I copy the file to my Windows partition, then the photo works perfectly - preview icon, can open etc.

Opening a Word document from the Mac HD caused a BSOD (or the Win 8.1 variant of it, at least).

I'm a bit stumped - I've done so little other than simply do Boot Camp, Windows 8.1, Apple drivers, Office 2013, Windows updates. That's it.

Has anyone experienced anything like this?

Thanks,

Nick

MACBOOK PRO (RETINA, 15-INCH, LATE 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 15, 2013 2:00 AM

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Rudegar

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Nov 15, 2013 9:07 AM in response to ntompson

mac hd is read only in bootcamp

and win hd is read only in osx

if you need to open files copy them to your active hd first

many peoples try to make temp files in the dir

of the file you open and may malfunction if the dir is read only

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ntompson Author

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Nov 15, 2013 12:44 PM in response to Rudegar

Argh - no read / write option for mac hd in windows? Makes bootcamp a bit of a toy if not...

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Csound1

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Nov 15, 2013 1:42 PM in response to ntompson

Install Paragon NTFS

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Rudegar

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Nov 15, 2013 3:12 PM in response to ntompson

one can use cloud stuff like skydrive, google drive, dropbox

or simply copy the file to the hd one needs as one can read from the other one always

one can always copy

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ntompson Author

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Nov 19, 2013 4:59 PM in response to Rudegar

Yeah - OK - thanks. Sure, one can always copy, but that's kinda dumb (IMHO). Duplication leads to version control problems, not to mention general headaches and messiness.

In the end, I ditched the Bootcamp partition and installed Parallels desktop. Much better solution: no annoying restarts, full integration between the two file systems, Windows within OSX windows, dynamic virtual hard drive (ie no static partition and associated wastefulness), etc. Much better solution (for me - I have no use cases for which VM performance is a problem).

Thanks for your comments in any case.

Nick

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Nov 19, 2013 6:53 PM in response to Csound1

The Paragon NTFS drivers for MacOS are good. I've been using them for a few years. I also use the Paragon HFS+ drivers for Windows giving Windows full read/write access to my HFS+ formatted volumes.

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Nov 24, 2016 4:49 AM in response to ntompson

Yes, it is probably because Macintosh partition format is different to Windows, and windows isn't really meant to understand mac's partition. Please seek a more professional person to answer this question more correctly, since I am not professional. I also experienced this problem, but it is really... normal.

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