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Cannot import .vpc7 file?

Jun 8, 2007, 10:15 AM
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yabado
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Posts: 4		 Cannot import .vpc7 file?
I am trying to imprt my Virtual PC 7 files into Parallels (v.3) but I keep getting this error...

Quote:
You have chosen the virtual machine of unknown type
I am confused, they advertised that i could import VPC into the new version :confused:

Am I doing something wrong?

The manual mentions nothing about files ending in .vpc7
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Jun 12, 2007, 08:19 PM
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Brian G B
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Posts: 4		 I have the same problem
THis is very frustrating. I only bought Parallels because they said I could easily import my VPC 7 Windows XP. Now I cannot.

I am waiting for a reply from support, but after 2 days of trying to get this to work, it looks like a rip off.

BGB
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Jun 12, 2007, 09:15 PM
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yabado
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Posts: 4		 I was able to just revert to 2.5 and convert my .vpc7 file that way. It worked great :)
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Jun 13, 2007, 12:45 AM
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Brian G B
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Posts: 4		 Thanks - Seems to be working
I downloaded a trail version of the older 2.5 and the transporter seems to work fine to import my vpc7 Windows XP system. The transporter in Parallels version 3.0 didn't work.

Thansk for the tip.
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Jun 13, 2007, 04:57 AM
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Helen@Parallels
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Posts: 38		 Hello,

Now there are two ways to convert your Microsoft virtual machine to Parallels one:

1. Please, use Transporter from previous version of Parallels (Parallels Desktop 2.5)

or

2. In the current version you can make it by the following method:
A. Determine full file name of virtual disk.

A.1. Go to /Applications/Utilities and run Terminal program.

A.2. Use "cd" command to enter into virtual machine directory.

Example:

Lets your virtual machine is located at /Users/UserName/Documents/WindowsXP.vpc7. In this case you should execute such command cd /Users/UserName/Documents/WindowsXP.vpc7.

A.3. Find directory that contains virtual disks using "ls" command. This directory ends with ".vhdp" extension. Usually its name is "Disk1.vhdp".

Example:

ls

A.4. Change directory to found one.

Example:

cd Disk1.vhdp

A.5. Use "ls" once more to find name of virtual disk. Its name ends with ".vhd" extension and usually is "BaseDrive.vhd".

A.6. Now keep in mind full file name of virtual disk.

For our example it is "/Users/UserName/Documents/WindowsXP.vpc/Disk1.vhdp/BaseDrive.vhd" (please, use it later in B.4.)


B. Convert virtual disk from Microsoft virtual machine to Parallels one.

B.1. Launch Parallels Transporter.

B.2. Go to virtual branch.

B.3. Choose "Single virtual disk" option.

B.4. Enter full file name of virtual disk.

B.5. Click "Migrate" for Express migration mode or "Continue" for Advanced mode.

B.6. Follow Parallels Transporter instructions.

This problem will be fixed in the nearest Parallels Transporter version.

Best Regards,
Helen.
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Jun 20, 2007, 01:58 PM
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debbiek405
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Posts: 1		 where to find version 2.5
Where can I download version 2.5 so that I can migrate my Virtual PC image?
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Jun 21, 2007, 07:53 AM
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Helen@Parallels
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Posts: 38		 You can find Parallels Desktop for Mac 3188 on
http://download.parallels.com/GA/Par...188-Mac-en.dmg

Also you can find Parallels Transporter Agent 2.0.1080 on http://download.parallels.com/GA/Par...0.1080-Win.exe

Best Regards,
Helen.
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Mar 4, 2008, 12:04 PM
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phesopheon
Member


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Posts: 49		 Are there any updates to this? Will the latest version of Parallels support it? I have no interest to uninstall, install, uninstall, reinstall.

I suppose I can just try it, but I thought I would ask first.

Thanks.
Paul
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Mar 5, 2008, 01:52 PM
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phesopheon
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Posts: 49		 I tried it. The latest version of Parallels converted my .vhd file just fine. It failed on the .vmc file, so the approach I'm going to use is to convert the virtual disks rather than the virtual machines.

Paul
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Sep 18, 2009, 04:12 PM
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MarcinK


Join: Sep 2009
Posts: 3		 I've tried convert VMware disc and VirtualPC disk on my OSX Paralles Transporter from 4.0 but both failed. What is going on with this piece of software. How and when does it work ?

I have only "An error occured while migrating the disks" and that's all
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