Apple’s Bootcamp is a fantastic feature for running both Mac OS and Microsoft Windows on a single harddrive side by side. In the setup wizard you’ll mostly put Windows on a NTFS filesystem even if you install Vista/XP on a large-scaled partition > 32GB. However this offers a nasty problem because Leopard is incapable of writing on NTFS filesystems. And on the other hand Vista/XP cannot natively read/write on HFS+ partitions.
A solution for this nerdy dilemma is the usage of additional software that makes Mac OS able to write on NTFS filesystems (NTFS for Mac) and teaches Windows to map a HFS+ partition as a seperated drive letter (MacDrive). The good news are that the range of functions as well as the software’s quality is fine. Unfortunately both tools are only offered under a proprietary closed source license – so the total costs are 58,- EUR 
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