This one is a puzzle... NTFS ext HD on Mac?

tenacioush · tenacioush #1 (**permalink**)

11-11-2010, 10:28 PM

Im running a MacBook Pro with 10.5.8 and Parallels 5 with Windows XP. I have a 320gb NTFS external USB 2.0 hard drive without anything installed on it.

What I want to be able to do is run a Windows NTFS-only game on my MacBook. I figured I'd be able to install the game (Empire: Total War) on the external drive and run it through Parallels but that didn't work because the Mac cant write on NTFS drives so I installed MacFUSE, a program that allows this, but I'm still running into problems.

Does anyone have any experience with this or any ideas? This is very frustrating and I'd appreciate any help.

TenaciousH

CrimsonRequiem · CrimsonRequiem #2 (**permalink**)

11-11-2010, 11:50 PM

Why are you trying to game on a virtual machine? It takes a lot of system resources just to run Windows. Trying to game on top of that is going to make the game very laggy and possibly unplayable.

DarkestRitual · DarkestRitual #3 (**permalink**)

11-12-2010, 12:05 AM

An even better question, why are you trying to run the game from a usb external hard drive? You must love lag.

chscag · chscag #4 (**permalink**)

11-12-2010, 12:28 AM

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What I want to be able to do is run a Windows NTFS-only game on my MacBook.

Where did you come up with this information? I saw nothing in the system requirements that stated the game (Empire: Total War) must be installed to a NTFS formatted hard drive. Check the requirements again.

sevenhelmet · sevenhelmet #5 (**permalink**)

11-15-2010, 07:39 PM

Ideally, you'd have a windows partition on your Macbook and boot from and run windows/game natively, but you can't do that without completely starting over, so I would try creating a FAT32 partition on the external drive and try installing and running the game from there.

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Inactive Staff Member Since: Jul 24, 2008 Posts: 5,956 Mac Specs: MBP 2.3 Ghz 4GB RAM 860 GB SSD, iMac 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 32GB RAM, Fusion Drive 1TB	11-11-2010, 11:50 PM Why are you trying to game on a virtual machine? It takes a lot of system resources just to run Windows. Trying to game on top of that is going to make the game very laggy and possibly unplayable. 死神はリンゴしか食べない。
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sevenhelmet #5 (permalink)
Member Since: May 12, 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 538 Mac Specs: Aluminum Macbook 2.4Ghz; Powermac G5 2.3Ghz dual	11-15-2010, 07:39 PM Ideally, you'd have a windows partition on your Macbook and boot from and run windows/game natively, but you can't do that without completely starting over, so I would try creating a FAT32 partition on the external drive and try installing and running the game from there. "Luck favors the prepared"
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Member Since: Nov 11, 2010 Posts: 1	11-11-2010, 10:28 PM Im running a MacBook Pro with 10.5.8 and Parallels 5 with Windows XP. I have a 320gb NTFS external USB 2.0 hard drive without anything installed on it. What I want to be able to do is run a Windows NTFS-only game on my MacBook. I figured I'd be able to install the game (Empire: Total War) on the external drive and run it through Parallels but that didn't work because the Mac cant write on NTFS drives so I installed MacFUSE, a program that allows this, but I'm still running into problems. Does anyone have any experience with this or any ideas? This is very frustrating and I'd appreciate any help. TenaciousH
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