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  1. What is the most risk- and hassle-free setup of partitions which accommodate (a) MtLion OS X, (b) Windows [x64](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table#Windows:_64-bit_versions), (c) Data partition used [primarily] under Windows?
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  3. I'm well aware of [the most well-known setup](http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/23649/54644) [1] for OSX+Win+Data, but maybe there's something better I just didn't come across. Here are some aspects I am looking for (feel free to provide a largest known/possible subset of it):
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  5. * ability to shrink/expand/add/delete partitions safely after both OSes installed, while safely preserving the data (including "shrink partition for one OS to expand partition for another")
  6. * ability to upgrade to newer versions of OS X without risk of losing Windows or Data partition
  7. * ability to upgrade / reinstall Windows without risk of losing OS X (including OS itself, applications, user data&settings) -- [1] has it
  8. * ideally, data shared for read & write between Windows and OS X
  9. * ideally, no third-party [paid] tools / drivers required for the whole scheme to work
  10. * ability to _easily_ transfer the whole setup to a new HDD ([complicated](http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/105226/how-to-migrate-and-two-partition-bootcamp-1-system-2-data-to-a-larger-hdd-o) for [1])
  11. * ideally, ability to have more than 2 partitions under Windows (i.e. 2+ data partitions)
  12. * risk of any OS to corrupt any partition should be not larger than in a single OS setup with its native partition
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  14. (feel free to suggest in comments what I might missed)
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