Hall of Fame

1. jhyiesla10,876
2. Philip_Sp...3,500
3. socratesp...3,000
4. strung2,900
5. pheidius2,500
6. thenrikson2,000
6. chilternPC2,000
6. VMSZealot2,000
6. crashelite2,000
6. slicer1232,000
6. XChangin...2,000
6. WillAspec...2,000
6. NaturaTek2,000
6. Bobaran982,000
6. arixsin2,000
6. pouipsch2,000
6. downldz2,000
6. MikeHolcomb2,000
19. johnb67671,750
20. nappy_d1,500
20. ibrahim521,500
22. Tachion1,200
23. joinaunion1,000
23. RapidDelp1,000
23. maestropsm1,000
23. GallionsHA1,000
23. bswinnerton1,000
23. rogeroren1,000

1. jhyiesla12,436
2. strung7,400
3. pheidius6,500
4. darron_c...4,025
5. Philip_Sp...3,500
6. vishal_im...3,000
6. socratesp...3,000
8. andrew_...2,750
9. jeff_trent2,000
9. thenrikson2,000
9. chilternPC2,000
9. CSecurity2,000
9. VMSZealot2,000
9. eoinosullivan2,000
9. bfason2,000
9. bbuse2,000
9. cuziyq2,000
9. crashelite2,000
9. slicer1232,000
9. MiniDevo2,000
9. XChangin...2,000
9. AllKnowing12,000
9. WillAspec...2,000
9. JoshuaOrr2,000
9. NaturaTek2,000
9. Bobaran982,000
9. arixsin2,000
9. pouipsch2,000
9. downldz2,000
9. MikeHolcomb2,000

	[x] Posted via EE Mobile
	Search, ask, and monitor your questions on the go with EE Mobile. Visit Experts Exchange from your mobile device and never be out of touch again.

Question

	[x] Attachment Details

[x]

The Solution Rating System

With so many solutions, how can you tell which solutions are most likely to help you and which ones are not? To provide you with a tool to use, we rate our solutions based on various elements that most accurately determine if a solution is a quality solution. To explain what factors affect the solution rating, here are the elements we take into consideration when formulating our solution rating.

The Grade of the Solution
The Zone Rank of the Expert Providing the Solution
The Number of Author and Expert Comments
The Number of Experts Contributing
The Feedback of the Community

Your Input Matters
Because of the way the system is set up, the most important variable in this equation is you. As a member of Experts Exchange, you are able to cast your vote on the quality of the solutions in regard to how complete, accurate, helpful and easy to understand each solution is. When you provide your feedback, each rating is adjusted accordingly. So, if you see a solution that has a poor rating that you think is a good solution, let us know by rating it. As you do, the rating will be adjusted and will become more accurate for other members of our site.

If you have any suggestions that you would like to make for our rating system, please ask a question in the Suggestions Zone of Community Support.

Thank you!

8.5

Best way to share other files

Asked by jhyiesla in Bootcamp, VMware, Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard)

Tags: VMware, Fusion

I'm running VMware Fusion 1.1.3 on an iMac with OS X 10.5.4. When I set up Fusion, I choose to make use of shared folders which gave me a shared documents and download folder between my Mac and the VM.

I also have bootcamp on this iMac, but do not have my VM pointed to it. I want the BC partition mostly for games and the other VM mostly for applications.

So, I have other applications running in my VM that have their own databases such as Quicken for Windows, and no I don't want to run Quicken for the Mac. Because the VM is in essence one big file, I would like to store this data somewhere outside the VM. I assume that I could store it in one of the already shared folders over even share another one through the VM to the Mac disk. However, the Mac will never use these files.

I was wondering if a better way would be to access the bootcamp partition while in regular VM and use that as a storage site for these other apps. However, I'm not sure that's even possible. I thought that since this partition was already formatted with NTFS that it might be a better solution that storing the data on the Mac's OS X formatted disk even though I am doing that with my documents and downloads, etc.

So, can I even get to the BC partition to use it as storage while in the VM and is that any better solution than just storing the data on the Mac Disk?

View the Solution FREE for 30 Days

20091021-EE-VQP-81 / EE_QW_2_20070628

Best way to share other files

Asked by jhyiesla in Bootcamp, VMware, Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard)

Tags: VMware, Fusion

About this solution