Switch Boot Camp to Paralle Desktop

[quanganhct]

Hi,
I have this little problem. A few months ago, I install Win7 using Boot Camp, and it's a success. However, now i realize that it's too trouble each time I wanna run a app on Windows (gotta reboot my Mac), so I decide to use Paralle Desktop. So I wanna ask if there is a way to run the windows,which was installed by Boot camp , by Paralle Desktop ? 'cause it's suck to remove win7 from Boot Camp, then reinstall it again.

Thanks in advance

 

[MacDawg]

Yes, Parallels will read your BootCamp Partition
You should be prompted to add it when you start up

 

[quanganhct]

Really ? Thanks alot
Wow I feel relieved ! Now I can run Visual Studio while running Xcode , Great ! 😀

 

[balamw]

Just be a bit careful. Both Parallels and VMWare Fusion offer two options for dealing with Boot Camp partitions.

One is a strict import where a new, separate VM is created from the Boot Camp partition and the Boot Camp partition becomes obsolete.

The second is a shared Boot Camp/VM configuration where you can choose one or the other.

As a VMWare user I don't know what these are called in Parallels.

Either way you may run into activation issues, but they are generally surmountable.

B