Parallels not recognizing the winxp.hdd

While everything has been set up, Parallels now does not recognize the hd (it says 'hd booting...' and then freezes there). After this I attempted to create a new VM by using the disk but it doesn't seem to recognize the CD. I found threads where it was suggested to use the Parallels Image Tool to create an ISO image of the HDD but I cannot find the source image file of my virtual HD on the CD. Or well.. am I supposed to create it? What am I doing wrong?

Any help would be highly appreciated!

 

please create ISO file as described bellow:
1. Insert CD/DVD source

2. Fire up a Terminal, you can then determine the device that is you CD/DVD drive using the following command:

$ drutil status
Vendor Product Rev
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-835E GAND

Type: DVD-ROM Name: /dev/disk1
Cur Write: 8x DVD Sessions: 1
Max Write: 8x DVD Tracks: 1
Overwritable: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB
Space Free: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB
Space Used: 364:08:27 blocks: 1638627 / 3.36GB / 3.13GiB
Writability:
Book Type: DVD-ROM

3. Umount the disk with the following command:

$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1
Disk /dev/disk1 unmounted

4. Create the ISO file with the dd utility (may take some time):

$ dd if=/dev/disk1 of=file.iso bs=2048

Than use custom installation, to create new hdd, and use ISO as installation CD

 

I tried to enter all of that, but (and this may be more my inexperience with terminal) this is what came up from the first entry...

Last login: Mon Jul 14 13:30:52 on console
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$ $ drutil status
-bash: $: command not found
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$ Vendor Product Rev
-bash: Vendor: command not found
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$ MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-835E GAND
-bash: MATSHITA: command not found
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$ Type: DVD-ROM Name: /dev/disk1
-bash: Type:: command not found
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$ Cur Write: 8x DVD Sessions: 1
-bash: Cur: command not found
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$ Max Write: 8x DVD Tracks: 1
-bash: Max: command not found
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$ Overwritable: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB
-bash: Overwritable:: command not found
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$ Space Free: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB
-bash: Space: command not found
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$ Space Used: 364:08:27 blocks: 1638627 / 3.36GB / 3.13GiB
-bash: Space: command not found
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$ Writability:
-bash: Writability:: command not found
liza-macbook-pro:~ azil$ Book Type: DVD-ROM

 

use
/usr/bin/drutil
/usr/sbin/diskutil
/bin/dd

I mean add according prefix to above commands

 

Thanks so much for all your help but it seems i ran across the same problem with the ISO image as I do with the CD. When I go to select the ISO image and click Finish it won't complete the creation of the VM I'm afraid.

 

Please try another image from Microsoft, for example you can try this one
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb430831.aspx
It is Windows 2003, we just need to know where is point of failure

 

Hmm so I ended up downloading an ISO file from the site you gave me, and still even when using the ISO image for the Custom Install, Parallels still was not accepting it.

Also it maybe should be noted that I already previously uninstalled and reinstalled parallels when these problems were occurring.

 

Is Boot sequence set to Cdrom, HD etc
Configuration Editor-Configuration- Options -Booting?

 

yes, thats my configuration set-up...

 

Something wrong is with Parallels
Please download build 5608 following link bellow:
http://download.parallels.com/v3/en/GA/Parallels-Desktop-5608-Mac-en.dmg

and reinstall Parallels Desktop as described in kb
http://kb.parallels.com/en/4790

 

Yes haha that seemed to fix the problem. Thank you for your help!