mods please approve my thread i simply need help with boot issue

KennethM12 · Dec 29, 2022

i get this icon when i boot up what gives? i am running el capitan virtual machine on catalina

Aries@PF · Dec 30, 2022

check the VMs HDD is still connected

KennethM12 · Dec 30, 2022

Aries@PF said:
check the VMs HDD is still connected

it says in parallels its connected as you can see but in finder its gone

Aries@PF · Jan 1, 2023

So if you go to the folder where the VM is, right click to view the contents, then the vHDD is gone?

KennethM12 · Jan 1, 2023

Aries@PF said:
So if you go to the folder where the VM is, right click to view the contents, then the vHDD is gone?

is this what you mean? i dont see vhdd

Aries@PF · Jan 2, 2023

KennethM12 said:
is this what you mean? i dont see vhdd

The vHDD in the folder is called "macOS-0.hdd" in the image, but it's Really small, so there's not a lot of data inside it. I'd make a new VM (new name of course, I like to name mine by the OS) and go from there.

KennethM12 · Jan 2, 2023

Aries@PF said:
The vHDD in the folder is called "macOS-0.hdd" in the image, but it's Really small, so there's not a lot of data inside it. I'd make a new VM (new name of course, I like to name mine by the OS) and go from there.

if i make a new vm the same issue will happen again so why is this happening simple question? i have a sandisk cruzer usb plugged in thats where the el capitan vm is installed so why do i get the prohibitory symbol?

Aries@PF · Jan 2, 2023

KennethM12 said:
if i make a new vm the same issue will happen again so why is this happening simple question? i have a sandisk cruzer usb plugged in thats where the el capitan vm is installed so why do i get the prohibitory symbol?

Oh, you're running this off an external drive. I've seen many posts where Parallels doesn't really support doing that all that well, so it could be as simple as that. Hopefully we'll manage to get the eye of an actual @parallels person on here for a clearer understanding.