Win7 VM disappeared

[MacFarland]

Macbook Pro, OS x 10.6
I had several windows open, including Win7 VM. Response became snail-slow. Finally forced close most, then shut down.
Now, Windows 7 VM can't be found; Parallels wants to install new Windows. I can't find any trace of Win7 on disk.

MacFarland

[YanaYana]

Search in Spotlight the following line : ".pvm" it will find all pvm files on your hard drive.
Usually VMs are in /User/Documents/Parallels/ or /Users/Shared/Parallels/

[Daffy99]

I'm having the same issue - VM seems to have disappeared. I can see the Windows 7.pvm file (just under a Gig) in the Users/Shared area, but when I double click to activate, it starts Parallels Desktop but the startup screen says that No Boot Device is Available.

I can see in the Applications folder a folder (Windows Applications for Windows 7) that seems to be a link to all of the Windows applications that I used to use on the VM, but I can't see where it really resides.

And assistance gratefully received - I have my MacBook out far from my homebase, where the Windows disk is located.

[YanaYana]

YOu VM is corrupted. Windows installation need to be repaired - and as you have already noted - you will need Windows CD in order to try to fix it: http://kb.parallels.com/en/5223