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k33l0r
Sep 4, 2006, 04:24 PM
Thread was moved from "General Discussions > User Solutions and Workarounds" to "Parallels Workstation for Windows and Linux > General Questions".
Stacey M

Is there any application available that would allow me to access the virtual HDD in the host OS (WinXP)?
constant
Sep 4, 2006, 04:57 PM
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Yeah, Parallels.
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k33l0r
Sep 5, 2006, 03:04 AM
not quite what i meant.
k33l0r
Sep 7, 2006, 05:39 AM
I just found that WinImage can access the virtual hard disk (atleast if its FAT16/32 formatted and non expanding, haven't tried other options).

www.winimage.com (http://www.winimage.com)
joem
Sep 7, 2006, 09:57 AM
I just had a look at their web site. they claim to run under Windows only. That leaves out Mac users unless they are runnng Parallels, whence it's unnecessary. What am I missing?
Riven
Sep 14, 2006, 10:12 AM
I just had a look at their web site. they claim to run under Windows only. That leaves out Mac users unless they are runnng Parallels, whence it's unnecessary. What am I missing?

A tool like this would allow you to change the mounted filesystems from within Windows on-the-fly, without having to shut down the virtual machine. It can also be used (in combination with MacDrive) to mount a Parallels image as a secondary hard drive while booted into Boot Camp.

I just found that WinImage can access the virtual hard disk (atleast if its FAT16/32 formatted and non expanding, haven't tried other options).

Have you found any other tools like this? I tried WinImage, but it couldn't read my virtual hard disk. I could mount it, but Windows said that it was unformatted. I assume that's because it's an expanding image.
joem
Sep 14, 2006, 02:06 PM
A tool like this would allow you to change the mounted filesystems from within Windows on-the-fly, without having to shut down the virtual machine. It can also be used (in combination with MacDrive) to mount a Parallels image as a secondary hard drive while booted into Boot Camp.

Well now, there's a good idea. If anyone finds a tool like that, I'd like to know about it. Maybe Parallels could (some day when the current list of probems is dealt with) provide such a tool (which would track any changes in their formats) it would be nice.