Parallel hanging

[mac2thefuture]

Any ideas please on why it just falters and hangs here for ever as demoed.

Not sure if my kids have played around at all.

Thanks for any assistance

 

[mac2thefuture]

I've now tried booting from the disc which I found and I get this....

Any suggestions please?

 

[toolbox]

that messages is saying that you have no fix disks present. Were did u save the virtual HDD for the software? Normally i believe it's in Documents?

 

[mac2thefuture]

Yes, in documents

 

[SpookyLars]

Maybe file .hdd is corrupted. Can you check it?

 

[mac2thefuture]

er, any quick way of telling me how to?

 

[toolbox]

I haven't used parallels much, but i no with vmware fusion there is a option to browse for a virtual hdd.

Have a look through the menu options, there has to be a option for it

 

[SpookyLars]

I have no idea, but here I found an article on Parallels website that may help.
This is link to Parallels Explorer User Guide.

 

[mac2thefuture]

k, thanks guys

 

[mac2thefuture]

had a play and get this..

 

[SpookyLars]

Have you re-selected .hdd in VM configuration?

 

[mac2thefuture]

yeah, and i get that reply

 

[SpookyLars]

Try to change that name in file called DiskDescriptor.xml (look at an article mentioned earlier). Make a backup first!

 

[mac2thefuture]

Thanks spooky, tbh I think I'll start over and reinstall. Can you recall what I'd need other that official windows disc?

 

[SpookyLars]

Can you recall what I'd need other that official windows disc?

Serial number and internet connection to activation Windows. I'm using disc image, it's faster. But reinstall is time-consuming process. Try to change the name and revive existing installation.

 

[mac2thefuture]

The article states that right clicking will enable 'Show Package Contents' i dont even have that option.

 

[SpookyLars]

Well, really strange. I checked and I've "Show Package Contents" option. I'm afraid that I don't know how to help you

 

[mac2thefuture]

I can get parallel's to work by booting via BootCamp ??

Oh well - Thanks for your time though

 

[SpookyLars]

I can get 's to work by booting via BootCamp ??

Although I don't use BootCamp but I doubt.

 

[mac2thefuture]

My spelling mistake...I CAN get it working via Bootcamp

 

[SpookyLars]

But BootCamp uses a partition to boot Windows, not image file...

 

[toolbox]

No boot camp will not solve this issue. The error that your getting stating it can't find the virtual hdd. Is that the path where it is saved? Has it been moved anywhere? Use spotlight to search for windows xp, see if that virtual hdd has been moved somewhere.

 

[jtyler1383]

Check permissions on your Parallels folders and files within it, first. We've had users experience the same issue at work. Reapplying permissions seems to alleviate the issue.