parallels

[PUCCY]

I finally installed Parallels on my macbook but it's asking me to insert a Windows XP or Vista CD-ROM.

Is there a way to install this without the CD? how?

 

[Tallest Skil]

If you purchase a downloadable version of Windows, you can burn that to a disc.

So no.

 

[TBi]

If you purchase a downloadable version of Windows, you can burn that to a disc.

So no.

You can install from a CD image... but you need to have the CD image.

 

[Tallest Skil]

You can install from a CD image... but you need to have the CD image.

Oh, you can do it straight from the image? That's cool.

 

[swiftaw]

Oh, you can do it straight from the image? That's cool.

Yeah, that's how I installed it on my Air, I imaged my XP disk on my iMac using Disk Utility, then selected the install from image option in Parallels.

 

[PUCCY]

What's image? and how to use it? If I burn the Windows on CD would it be an .exe extension?

 

[Snowbound]

It sounds to me like you don't have a copy of windows at all. You need either a windows cd or a windows disk image (.iso or .dmg, I think) to use parallels. The software itself itself is just a platform to run windows, you still need the actual windows XP or Vista program as well.