NTFS or FAT?

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I just wonder which is better for installing windows on mac?

I just want to have windows on mac to play pc games like Steam and other games purchase on CDs. I also want to access files saved on Mac OS X from windows or alteast see them. Maybe save some files to windows and access them later on OS X.

Please help

Thanks in advance.
 
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rMBP 15" / 2.6GHz / 16GB / 512GB
I recommend using NTFS, it is much more stable compared to FAT32.
 
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Mac Mini Core i7 2012 | White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz | 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver
The mac will only be able to read from the NTFS partition, but NTFS is recommended for windows.

What are you going to use to run windows, bootcamp or virtualisation software like VM or Parallels?
 

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Your Mac's Specs
MBP 2.3 Ghz 4GB RAM 860 GB SSD, iMac 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 32GB RAM, Fusion Drive 1TB
FAT has a limit of 4GB.
 
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You cannot legally download XP. That's a violation of the license agreement and we won't support or discuss it on this forum.
 

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