miscbeep Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Okay, I have 2 HDD's x 320GB each of them, I've installed Leopard on one of 'em, and Windows (4 Windows partitions on the other one) . So in finder I see them all, and all the files are on my Windows partitions, but it seems that I can't paste files in the Windows partitions from the desktop, for example I downloaded a wallpaper and I want to move it to the Wallpapers folder in one of my Windows partitions, but it says "The item **** cannot be moved, because "Pictures" cannot be modified" How can I fix this ? Thank you, Happy New Year ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/144087-moving-files-from-one-hdd-to-another/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacUser2525 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Okay, I have 2 HDD's x 320GB each of them, I've installed Leopard on one of 'em, and Windows (4 Windows partitions on the other one) . So in finder I see them all, and all the files are on my Windows partitions, but it seems that I can't paste files in the Windows partitions from the desktop, for example I downloaded a wallpaper and I want to move it to the Wallpapers folder in one of my Windows partitions, but it says "The item **** cannot be moved, because "Pictures" cannot be modified" How can I fix this ? Thank you, Happy New Year ! Your windows partitions are formatted NTFS from the sounds of it OS X only reads it for read/write you need FAT or something called ntfs-3g you will want to search on installing this last one in OS X if you do not want to reformat one of those partitions to FAT. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/144087-moving-files-from-one-hdd-to-another/#findComment-1022787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
french squared Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I found it best to make a separate partition and format it fat32. I then relocate My user folder (Windows) to the new partition. In windows you cant tell the differnece and in OS X you simple have a hardrive on you desktop that cantains all you documents for both OS You can also reinstall either OS without hurting you files. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/144087-moving-files-from-one-hdd-to-another/#findComment-1023012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnePlane Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 The best way to only make a minor chage is to install NTFS-3G on the Mac OS X system. It also requires MacFUSE. Google for both and you'll get what you need. Another option is to use Paragon's NTFS for Mac. Third option: Use an intermediate storage medium (A FAT32 Formatted usb stick, an FTP server, email) Fourth option: Make windows read mac. Sounds new you most people but you can use MacDrive of HFSExplorer for those things! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/144087-moving-files-from-one-hdd-to-another/#findComment-1023053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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