Windows 7, Boot Camp and Parallels?

[JasonR]

I know Windows 7 is supported Via boot camp, but I can't seem to get it to work. I've searched. Is there some sort of walk through on running Windows 7 in Parallels?

My Windows 7 boot camp installation works perfectly, so no problems there. I try to use WIndows 7 in Parallels and it asks me to boot from the CD when configuring Windows 7 OS. I don't have a Parallels disk, but I tried inserting my Windows 7 disk...but no go. Any ideas?

 

[gr8tfly]

For Parallels: During the VM setup, point it to your mounted Windows 7 DVD. Or, just mount the ISO image. That's the way I did my install (Parallels 4).

 

[JasonR]

I already have my boot camp partition set to 32 GB...and installed some programs under boot camp. That's why I want to use my boot camp partition...

 

[gr8tfly]

I thought you were doing an install, since Parallels was asking for a boot disk.

During the VM setup, skip "operating system detection". When it asks for the OS type, you can either select Win7 or "other" (I'm not sure which, since I only have Win7 in VM). VM Type is "Custom". Next, there's an option in the "Hard Disk Options" for Boot Camp. Select "Boot Camp Partition"

It's probably best to check out the help file under "Creating a Virtual Machine for the Boot Camp Partition"

 

[JasonR]

Nevermind. Got it working perfectly! Windows 7 seems to run much smoother in Boot Camp and Parallels than XP ever did. I'm still new to all of the features, however.

Too bad I only use Windows for Quickbooks Pro.

 

[gr8tfly]

Nevermind. Got it working perfectly! Windows 7 seems to run much smoother in Boot Camp and Parallels than XP ever did. I'm still new to all of the features, however.

Too bad I only use Windows for Quickbooks Pro.

Good job.

I'll have to play w/ Win7 a bit more. On the surface, it's better than Vista (not that it's that difficult...), and a step up from XP. I need to spend a bit more time in it to really tell. Usually, I run Win2K in Parallels, and XP SP3 in BC. I only run one app (RealFlight) in XP, so unless it needs Win7 (doubtful), BC will stay in XP.

 

[JasonR]

Ya, I just bored with XP and just got my MBP from Apple so I decided to install Windows 7. Now I'm having permission issues. argh!

 

[Gonzo221]

How did you get parallels to find windows 7 boot camp?

I've been trying to get parallels to find my windows 7 installation on boot camp but it doesn't want to work at all... Please help!

 

[Ariez]

Anyone know when will Fusion officially support Windows 7?

 

[jon08]

I have a question: back when I had XP installed on my BootCamp and when I installed Parallels I didn't have to install XP again over Parallels.

But now that I tried the same with Windows 7 (first install thru Bootcamp) and now that I wanted to run it in Parallels I have to install Windows in the virtual machine too.

Why??

 

[peetah]

Anyone know when will Fusion officially support Windows 7?

Use the settings for Vista. No problems for me.

 

[GabrielHay]

Parallels 4 breaks Windows 7 running under Boot Camp

I'm intrigued to know how to got it working Jason! Here's what I did and maybe you can help me:

1) Installed Windows 7 in a Boot Camp Partition using the Boot Camp installer. It works just fine.
2) Using Parallels 4 - Selected File/New Virtual Machine.
3) Selected the Boot Camp Partition
4) Selected a new folder for Parallels to store its stuff relating to the new "VM".
5) Parallels then told me it had detected the VM, and was installing Parallels Tools.
6) I then got an alert telling me that I needed to complete the Parallels Tools installation manually. "Please insert your CD" to continue.
7) I don't have a Parallels CD (though it wasn't exactly clear what CD I was being asked to insert.)
8) Clicked continue and the VM gave me an error message telling me that it was now corrupted and would attempt to self repair. Self repair failed. Can't now log in to the Windows 7 VM either through Parallels or through a re-boot.

It seems that Parallels 4 is stuffing up my Windows 7 VM quite reliably as I've been through this whole process end to end twice now - with the same result.