Parallels 5 freezes during initial VM configuration

[wesleyh]

Just got my new imac, installed windows xp via bootcamp. Then ran parallels and it showed me an initial configuration thingie for this VM.

It's been stuck on step 1 for well over 2 hours now, I was able to use a button to go into manual configuration but all this does it show me windows xp starting and then ending in a blue screen, then it simply returns to the configuration screen again, still showing it's at step 1 of 4. There is no way to quit the program as it keeps saying you must do all 4 steps. I suppose I could do a force quit but I'm unsure if there are any bad consequences.... Ideas?

 

[wesleyh]

Ok i force quit it, redid it, stops at the exact same spot. Did manual and took a screenshot of the BSOD.

It says:

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

And a bit further down:

ftdisk.sys
AppleMNT.sys

Any ideas?

 

[gabat]

Ok i force quit it, redid it, stops at the exact same spot. Did manual and took a screenshot of the BSOD.

It says:

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

And a bit further down:

ftdisk.sys
AppleMNT.sys

Any ideas?

I have the same problem...

Nothing works....Have you found a solution?

 

[CyberBob859]

I had some issues with Parallels 5 trying to convert a VM used in Parallels 4. Got the same BSOD message. Digging into the Parallels forums seem to indicate that if you set the number of processors used to 1 in the VM, the problem goes away. You may want to consider trying this to see if it resolves your problem.

 

[gabat]

Thank you for the reply.

I have already tried this. unfortunately doesnt work. My processors number is always at 1

 

[HalfNelson]

Still no answer?

 

[Frosties]

Does the bootcamp partition run without problems? Could be that you have old drivers that needs to be updated.