Virtual disc broken

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by Mauro Bossetti, Dec 3, 2008.

  1. Mauro Bossetti

    Mauro Bossetti Member

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    Hi,

    I was doing nothing, Windows said the disc is corrupt and CHKDKS is finding thousand of errors in the virtual disc... Report #18596
     
    Mauro Bossetti, Dec 3, 2008
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  2. John@Parallels

    John@Parallels Forum Maven

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    First step immediately backup your Virtual Machine, and let chkdsk to finish
     
    John@Parallels, Dec 3, 2008
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  3. Mauro Bossetti

    Mauro Bossetti Member

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    I already had a manual backup of this, and it worked, since after one hour, Windows was back BUT without any program installed. I reverted to the backup and, surprise, Smart Select doesn't work anymore.
     
    Mauro Bossetti, Dec 3, 2008
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  4. modronmarch

    modronmarch Member

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    Possibly a corrupted Parallels Tools issue. Please try re-installing Parallels Tools following these steps:

    -start your Virtual Machine, go to Start => Control Panel => Programs and features. Locate the Parallels Tools entry and uninstall it;

    -shut down your VM, go to the Configuration Editor (Virtual Machine => Configure);

    -go to CD/DVD-ROM 1. select the 'use image file' radiobutton. click 'Choose'. go to /Library/Parallels/Tools and open the 'prl-tools-win.iso' file. click 'Ok'. start your Virtual Machine;

    -wait for Windows to boot completely. cancel any 'found new hardware' menus that pop up. go to Start => My Computer, right-click on the cd-rom icon (it should display the Parallels Tools logo) and select Autorun.
     
    modronmarch, Dec 5, 2008
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