Moving Files From OS X to Windows XP

[JTriple D]

I used to have XP installed on another intel mac with bootcamp. This computer was running 10.4 and I was able to open up the Windows partition from the icon on the desktop. From there I could drag in new items, take some out, whatever I wanted to do.

Now, however, on my new 10.5 computer, it seems every single folder is locked and protected in the windows partition I access from OS X.

Does anyone know how to fix that? I'd really appreciate some help with this.

[JTriple D]

Ah, problem solved. If anyone needs to know, on my old computer the partition was formatted in FAT32, which OS X can read and write to. However, I forgot this one was NTFS, which OS X can only read.

[Eric S.]

Yup, and when you set up Boot Camp it gives you the option on how to format the Windows partition. NTFS is supposed to be a more stable filesystem, but if you need to write to it from OS X you should use FAT32.