A few "newbie" boot camp questions

[manzalawy7]

1. I will install Vista on bootcamp and I was wondering if I can access my Mac OS X hard disk from windows?

 

2. Does it have to be a genuine version of XP or Vista for Boot camp? what about parallels? genuine too?

 

3. Should I install the 64 bit or 32 bit? I still can't tell the difference between them. (my cpu can support 64 bit i know that)

 

4. Is there anyway at all I can run parallels vm from my boot camp partition of Vista? I know it can for XP, but is there no hack or crack that allows the same support for Vista?

 

5. If I install Vista on parallels, what are some of the negatives of installing on a vm? (other than graphics), like can I watch videos on a VM?

 

Help greatly appreciated

[Korrupted]

1. I will install Vista on bootcamp and I was wondering if I can access my Mac OS X hard disk from windows?

 

2. Does it have to be a genuine version of XP or Vista for Boot camp? what about parallels? genuine too?

 

3. Should I install the 64 bit or 32 bit? I still can't tell the difference between them. (my cpu can support 64 bit i know that)

 

4. Is there anyway at all I can run parallels vm from my boot camp partition of Vista? I know it can for XP, but is there no hack or crack that allows the same support for Vista?

 

5. If I install Vista on parallels, what are some of the negatives of installing on a vm? (other than graphics), like can I watch videos on a VM?

 

Help greatly appreciated

 

1. With Macdrive 7 yes.

2. No and no.

3. 32. 64 still has issues with drivers and certain programs afaik.

4. Not yet.

5. Nothing other than graphics, really..but Vista is kinda slow in a VM in my opinion. I tried it the other day and it was sluggish until I turned off Aero[not glass, since it's not enabled].