Parallel can't use boot camp with XP SP3

MBP 17" 2.33G 10.5.4 3GB
Win XP SP3 on boot camp NTFS
Parallel 3.0 5608

I had try many times to load XP for the first time but no luck. But I had success load boot camp before using SP2. This time, it is a fresh new install of XP SP2 then upgrade to SP3.

What I exactly did:
Run Parallels Desktop.app from OSX >
in OS Installation Assistant CLICK (NEXT) >
SELECT (Custom), CLICK (NEXT) >
OS Type (Windows), OS Version (Win XP), CLICK (NEXT) >
RAM (2048), CLICK (NEXT) >
HD Option (Use Boot Camp), CLICK (NEXT) >
Network (Shared), CLICK (NEXT) >
Name (Microsoft Windows XP), Enable file sharing, , CLICK (NEXT) >
Performance (VM), CLICK (NEXT) >
Start virtual machine, , CLICK (Finish) >
*******Nothing Happen*********

I had check multiple times, the XP is working fine under boot camp. And the Parallels is freshly download and installed.

Any idea how to solve this?

thanks ahead

Vic

 

Reduce the RAM to 1528 or 1024.

 

Do not work.

Thanks.

 

put here output from Terminal for
for n in `diskutil list |grep -v /| grep disk | awk '{ print $NF }'`; do diskutil info $n; done; diskutil list

 

what I got:

vic-laus-computer:~ viclau$ for n in `diskutil list |grep -v /| grep disk | awk '{ print $NF }'`; do diskutil info $n; done; diskutil list
Device Identifier: disk0
Device Node: /dev/disk0
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Hitachi HTS722020K9SA00 Media

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: GUID_partition_scheme
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 186.3 Gi (200049647616 B) (390721968 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: Yes
Internal: Yes
OS 9 Drivers: No
Low Level Format: Not Supported

Device Identifier: disk0s1
Device Node: /dev/disk0s1
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: EFI System Partition

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: EFI
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 200.0 Mi (209715200 B) (409600 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes

Device Identifier: disk0s2
Device Node: /dev/disk0s2
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Untitled

Volume Name: MacOsJune2008
Mount Point: /
File System: Journaled HFS+
Journal size 16384 KB at offset 0x5d2000
Owners: Enabled

Partition Type: Apple_HFS
Bootable: Is bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Volume UUID: 9FB47875-49ED-3497-8E48-7BDF1F0C9833

Total Size: 153.9 Gi (165222023168 B) (322699264 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 31.5 Gi (33782263808 B) (65980984 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes

Device Identifier: disk0s3
Device Node: /dev/disk0s3
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Untitled

Volume Name:
Mount Point: /Volumes/Untitled
File System: NTFS

Partition Type: Microsoft Basic Data
Bootable: Is bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Volume UUID: D0937AE4-FD65-4C4B-907F-6D7E0A03B360

Total Size: 32.1 Gi (34483646464 B) (67350872 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 8.0 Gi (8623689728 B) (16843144 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: Yes
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes

/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *186.3 Gi disk0
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS MacOsJune2008 153.9 Gi disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data 32.1 Gi disk0s3

****************************************************************************************

XP still don't boot.

thanks

 

DO you install Windows Second time from Boot Camp assistant?
If not in Parallels Desktop -Configuration Editor -Hard Disk 1-Advanced click Clear

 

Great. I am booting boot camp from Parallels, but I have to re-activate. ugh

 

-------------------------------> can not select this option, as Parallels never able to finish the "OS Installation Assistant" stage.

 

I fix the problem.

I uninstall the Parallels, also remove all Parallels files that hidden in Library (system and user) by hand. Then reinstall.

After that Parallels locate the bootcamp thing right out of box.

thanks